Drug risks
A common diabetes drug has been
linked to deadly side effects.
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Building community
U of A program celebrates volunteers.
Mice are nice
Linda McLure has friends
in low places.
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JANUARY 20, 2006
By Phoebe Dey
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Climate change devastating
Latin American frogs
Amphibian disease epidemic linked to global warming
University of Alberta scientist is part
of an international research team prov-
ing, for the first time, that global warming
is behind an infectious disease epidemic
wiping out entire frog populations and
forcing many species to extinction.
“There is absolutely a linkage between
global warming and this disease — they
go hand-in-hand,” said Arturo Sanchez-
Azofeifa, a professor in the U of A’s
Department of Earth and Atmospheric
Sciences and co-author of a research paper
appearing in the current edition of the
prestigious journal Nature.
Sanchez-Azofeifa worked with
an international research team led by
Dr. Alan Pounds from Costa Rica’s
Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve and
Tropical Science Centre. Accounting for
such things as deforestation, the scientists
investigated how the Monteverde harle-
quin frog vanished along with the golden
toad 17 years ago from the mountains of
Costa Rica. The researcher say about 67
per cent of the 110 species of the harlequin
frog, which only existed in the American
tropics, have met the same fate due to a
pathogenic fungus called Batrachochytrium
dendrobatidis.
The researchers discovered that
between 1975 and 2000, air temperature
for the tropics increased by 0.18 degrees
per decade, triple the average rate of
warming for the 20th Century. The paper
states this warming has reduced mist
frequency at Monteverde by raising the
heights of cloud formation which may
promote the survival, growth and repro-
duction of the fungi.
After analyzing the relationship and
timing between the demise of the species
and the changes in surface and air temper-
atures, the scientists conclude “with high
confidence,” that large-scale warming is a
key factor in the disappearance of many
of the amphibian populations present in
cloud forest environments.
“With this increase in temperature,
the bacteria has been able to increase its
niche and wipe out large populations
of amphibians in the Americas,” said
Dr. Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa pores over maps of Costa Rica, where the Monteverde harlequin frog vanished
along with the golden toad 17 years ago. About 67 per cent of the 110 species of the harlequin frog have
met the same fate due to a pathogenic fungus called Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis.
Sanchez-Azofeifa, who analyzed satellite
images to extract deforestation rates and
forest cover extent data used on the mod-
elling component of the study.
“Once a species is gone we can’t do
much to bring it back. What we need to do
is worry about what will be happening in
the future. How many species in tropical
environments are going to disappear before
people realize how serious climate change
is? This is not an esoteric thing that is only
important to the scientific community - it
affects all of us. We are showing that there
are real consequences to inaction.”
The study comes at a time of growing
concern about the future of amphibians.
The Global Amphibian Assessment, pub-
lished in 2004, found that nearly one-third
of the world’s 6,000 or so species of frogs,
toads, and salamanders are threatened
with extinction - a figure that is far greater
than that for any other group of animals.
“When we talk about climate change,
there is so much focus on industrialized
countries, but people are ignoring other
ecosystems that may be extremely sensi-
tive to climate change, such as dry and
cloud forest environments,” said Sanchez-
Azofeifa. “Its impact goes beyond what
we can observe here in Canada and the
north, and the situation is obviously very
grave.” &
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U of A creates chair
in Islamic Studies
By Richard Cairney
he University of Alberta is establish-
ing Canada’s first endowed chair in
Islamic Studies, with the help of $1 mil-
lion pledged by the Edmonton Council of
Muslim Communities and matching fund-
ing from the government of Alberta.
It’s fitting that the first such chair be
established in Edmonton, Dean of Arts Dr.
Daniel Woolf said during a ceremony to
announce the new chair Tuesday.
“Edmonton is absolutely the place for
this to have happened — in 1938, the first
Mosque in Canada opened in Edmonton,”
he said.
The U of A Faculty of Arts will also
contribute $1 million to the endowment,
and Woolf said the chair holder could be
hired as early as July of this year. So far,
the position has garnered international
interest, but won’t be filled until the right
candidate is found, he said.
Work on establishing the chair began
with the creation of the Edmonton
Council of Muslim Communities (ECMC),
said Larry Shaben, who chairs the council,
which represents some 35,000 Muslims
living in the greater Edmonton region.
“Gaining knowledge and education
have always been important principles
in Islam since the earliest days of the
religion,” said Shaben. “Thus, we in
Edmonton’s Muslim community are
delighted at the U of A’s announce-
ment of Canada’s first endowed chair in
Islamic Studies.”
The ECMC and the U of A Faculty of
Arts are spearheading a major fundrais-
ing campaign to secure the academic chair
in perpetuity. Nearly $200,000 was raised
during Tuesday night’s ceremony, bring-
ing the total to about $270,000, excluding
the province’s matching grant.
U of A President Dr. Indira
Samarasekera said the creation of the new
chair is a perfect fit with the university’s
four cornerstones of talented people,
learning, discovery and citizenship, con-
necting communities, and skilful organi-
zation and support.
“This is truly a milestone for the U of
A,” she said, adding that the ECMC “has
set an extraordinary standard of philan-
thropy and advocacy,”
and enrich the U of A learning experience.
which will enhance
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Turmoil leading to divorce
is damaging for children, study shows
One of first studies to consider quality of family life before divorce
By Phoebe Dey
University of Alberta study suggests
couples who stay in a bad relationship
for the sake of the kids aren’t necessarily
making the right choice. The most harm to
a child’s mental health is done in the years
before parents split up, the research shows.
“Perhaps we should pay more atten-
tion to what happens to kids in the period
leading up to parental divorce, rather
than directing all our efforts to helping
children after the event occurs,” said Dr.
Lisa Strohschein, a professor in the U of A
Department of Sociology.
“For example, levels of anti-social
behaviour actually drop following parental
divorce for kids living in highly dysfunc-
tional families.”
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Her work is published in the December
2005 edition of the Journal of Marriage and
Family.
Nearly one in two divorces in Canada
involves dependent children. This trend
brings urgency to the ongoing debate as to
whether divorce is damaging to a child’s
mental health. Earlier studies have com-
pared children whose parents are divorced
with those in intact two-parent families,
but failed to take into account the quality
of family life prior to divorce.
Strohschein looked at divorce as a pro-
cess, which enabled her to track its effects
on child mental health before, during and
after. This approach allows researchers
to separate effects on child mental health
that are actually due to divorce, and not to
other family characteristics.
Strohschein compared children
whose parents divorced between 1994
and 1998 with children whose parents
remained married during that period.
Statistics Canada launched the National
Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth
in 1994 and continues to interview this
original cohort of children every two years.
The sample is made up of almost 17,000
children up to age 11, with 88.3 per cent
of those participating in the third cycle of
data collection.
Using that data, Strohschein found that
differences in child mental health exist well
before the divorce event. In other words,
in 1994 — before a divorce took place — kids
whose parents eventually divorced dis-
played higher levels of anxiety, depression
and antisocial behavior than kids whose
“Perhaps we should pay more attention to
what happens to kids in the period leading
up to parental divorce, rather than
directing all our efforts to helping
children after the event occurs.”
— Dr. Lisa Strohschein
parents stay married.
The study also showed that those who
divorce tend to be younger and report
higher levels of family dysfunction and
depression, and lower levels of marital sat-
isfaction, compared to parents who remain
married. These characteristics that put
them at risk of divorce are also associated
with child mental health.
“Once these family characteristics were
taken into account, differences in mental
health at the initial interview between chil-
dren whose parents divorced and children
whose parents remained married, can no
longer be detected,” said Strohschein. “This
suggests that troubled families are at risk for
both divorce and child mental health prob-
lems, and calls into question the assumption
that it is the divorce event that is necessarily
damaging to child mental health.”
In addition to these pre-existing dif-
ferences, there are changes in child men-
tal health that occur after a divorce. On
average, anxiety and depression increase
following parental divorce. But in some
Study confirms fatal risks of
common diabetes drug
Researchers find metformin safer than sulfonylurea drugs
By Geoff McMaster
drug used by more than a quarter of
Canadians with Type 2 diabetes does
more harm than good, with potentially
deadly effects on the heart, according to
a study authored by a group of U of A
researchers.
Dr. Jeffrey Johnson and his co-authors,
all with the U of A Institute of Health
Economics, discovered that risk of death
from heart attacks and other causes
increases with the amount of sulfonylurea
drugs taken - called chlorpropamide, tol-
butamide or glyburide — which have been a
mainstay of diabetes treatment for some 40
years. Close to half a million Canadians are
prescribed this class of drug.
The findings appear in the current edi-
tion of the Canadian Medical Association
Journal.
Examining the health records of 6,000
diabetics in Saskatchewan between 1991
and 1999, Johnson and his team compared
the use of sulfonylureas to the generic met-
formin, a less expensive treatment used by
about 50 per cent of Type 2 diabetics. The
results show that metformin is clearly the
healthier choice.
Sociologist Dr. Lisa Stohschein says the mental
health of kids suffers most in the period preceding
a divorce.
highly dysfunctional families, the level of
a child’s antisocial behaviour drops after a
divorce.
Adding one more cycle of data collec-
tion will allow researchers to track even
more closely how children adjust to paren-
tal divorce over time, Strohschein said.
Her research was funded by a Social
Sciences and Humanities Research
Council of Canada postdoctoral fellow-
ship and the New Investigators Network
of the Canadian Institute for Advanced
Research. &
“It’s been debated for 40 years, so
this research is really just adding to that
debate,” said Johnson. “We compared the
types of drugs and their effect on mortality.
The way we had been looking at them, we
couldn’t tell whether a drug like metfor-
min...was really good, or the sulfonylureas
were really bad.”
The result, he says, is “a mix of both
messages,” but the most dramatic finding
was that “the more you get of the sulfo-
nylureas, the worse your outcomes.” The
study found that those taking doses as pre-
scribed, or higher, were more likely to die
than those who took less.
However Johnson does not recommend
that patients on sulfonylureas stop taking
the medication, only that they seek advice
from a physician on their best option.
“And we think that for newly treated
patients the first choice should be metfor-
min,” he said, adding that sulfonylureas
should only be used as a third-line option.
“Type 2 diabetes gets worse over time,
so as additional therapy is needed, it might
be such that you need to choose these sec-
ond or third-line therapies as add-on.”
Johnson partly attributes the preva-
lence of sulfonylureas prescriptions to the
fact that “old habits are hard to break,”
but also to the realities of drug marketing.
“An old inexpensive drug that’s generic,
like metformin, doesn’t have a marketing
force behind it, and so its benefits are not
proclaimed and marketed to prescribers as
opposed to newer drugs that have patent
protection,” he said.
Metformin use has been increasing
over the past five years, he says, “but we
still see 25 to 30 per cent on older sulfo-
nylureas drugs.” He said he hopes the
study will influence doctors’ prescribing
habits.
“Our contribution with this paper is
an emphasis on the message that’s already
out there. We hope it helps to move people
toward making better choices.”
Incidence of Type 2 diabetes is sharply
on the rise in Canada and much of the
world, increasing at the same rate as obesi-
ty. It is caused by an intersection of genetic
and environmental factors such as a “toxic
lifestyle” involving unhealthy eating and
inactivity, said Johnson. @
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Minister of Advanced Education
David Hancock, who pledged $1 mil-
lion in matching funds from the newly
established Access to the Future Fund,
said the chair contributes to the U of A’s
position as “one of the most progressive,
innovative, forward-looking universities
in Canada.”
Woolf was clearly delighted with the
announcement of the chair, which had been
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in the works for more than three years. In
a world in which we are often faced with
fear, intolerance and darkness, Woolf said,
“a ray of light has shone down on the U of
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Giving back
University of Alberta volunteers make time for their community
By Tom Murra
octoral scholar Kris Wells thinks the role
of academics extends far beyond their
teaching and research capabilities.
“T really think that academics, or public
intellectuals — should we choose to accept
that title — have responsibilities beyond
the walls of the university, as well as at the
university,” he said.
That's not just lip service coming from
Wells, a graduate student at the University
of Alberta and longtime volunteer for innu-
merable organizations. The sort of idealism
he’s referring to — the notion of duties as
well as rights — is at the heart of his view of
community service. Edmonton is noted for
its exceptional volunteers, many of whom
are affiliated with the U of A.
That’s why the university has its
Beyond These Halls Community Service
Recognition Program, which highlights
dedicated U of A faculty, staff and students,
whose unpaid contributions enrich both
the campus and Edmonton community.
Wells’ accomplishments within the
Lesbian, Gay, Transgender and Queer
(LGBTQ) community are a testament to
this dedication: he’s the Edmonton Police
Service’s Chief’s Advisory Committee
Facilitator; he’s worked with Youth
Understanding Youth, Edmonton’s LGBTQ
youth group; Wells is the co-founder of
the Inside/OUT Speakers’ Series, which
profiles LGBTQ-related work on the uni-
versity campus; and he’s also co-chair
of the Alberta Teachers’ Association’s
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Subcommittee.
“It’s kind of, in a sense, how I started
with graduate studies — with a community-
based perspective,” said Wells. “It never left
me as I pursued my studies into a master’s
degree and now a PhD. A lot of my work
centres around taking research back into the
communities that it is meant to serve.”
Wells is especially proud of Camp fYre-
fly, a place where LGBTQ youth can social-
ize in a healthy environment among their
peers, but he takes all of his obligations
seriously. You need proof? When many are
home having supper, Wells is often still at
the office.
“This is when all the real work gets
done,” he laughed.
It’s also when he finds himself roped into
more work, as people note his capacity for it.
“The more that you do, the more
demands on your time,” he said. “One of
my resolutions this year was to learn to say
no more effectively, but I guess I’ve already
broken that.”
Teena Pasay is a volunteer with CKUA
and a mentor with the Big Brothers Big
Sisters organization. With the federal elec-
tion looming, the student records co-ordi-
nator at the Faculty of Science has taken
the past month to volunteer for a candidate
in her riding.
“This has been such a hectic few
weeks. I can’t remember if I actually ate
this morning.”
Pasay, a part-time student in the Grant
MacEwan public relations program, is pas-
sionate about what she considers to be an
integral part of her life.
“It gives you a sense of purpose - it’s
fulfilling,” she says. “What it comes down
to is I like to give back to the community
and make a difference.” The upcoming
election is something that she takes very
seriously. “I think it’s important that we
become politically aware. We're very priv-
ileged to live in Canada; there are people
in the world who are dying for the right
to vote.”
Linda Abraham, an administrative
assistant for the U of A Health Sciences
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Council, volunteers for the Sherard Musical
Theatre Group, a community organiza-
tion that puts shows on at Festival Place in
Sherwood Park. “The name is a combina-
tion of Ardrossan and Sherwood Park,”
she said of the small troupe, for whom she
sings, acts and dances. Abraham first got
involved back in 1992, when she overheard
an ad for the community organization on
the radio.
The Sherard Musical Theatre Group
is a small community troupe that puts
on these shows simply for the joy of
performance. Despite a long history at
Festival Place and the occasional Fringe
play, there’s really no thought of turning
professional. “It’s the kind of organization
where you have to be ready to help out,”
Abrahams said. “Nobody gets paid and
we all chip in to do set painting and any-
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thing else that needs doing.”
For Dr. Dorcas Fulton, a U of A neurolo-
gy professor, her day job at the Cross Cancer
Institute keeps her more than a little busy.
Involvement in such essential work makes
for some long hours and often little time for
outside interests, but Dr. Fulton is the type
to make time — she’s been involved with
Edmonton Chamber Music Society (ECMS)
for more than 20 years.
“When I moved to Edmonton in 1981,
I started going to their concerts,” she said.
“Soon I was helping collect tickets at the
door, and then, at some point, got elected
to the executive. In that capacity I did pub-
licity for awhile, and then three years ago I
was elected president and have continued
to be elected every year since.”
Dorcas says she enjoys the time she
spends on ECMS business, casually shrug-
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“| guess it sometimes feels kind of overwhelming
to be doing so much outside of work. But | feel it’s
important that we get off our couches and
participate. I'm simply not a couch sitter!”
— Teena Pasay
ging off questions about time management.
“They always tell me that if you want to
get a volunteer to do something for you,
you should always ask a person who is
already busy, because they’re the ones that
are the most organized. That might have
something to do with it. | am very busy,
especially being in charge of the neurosci-
ences block for the medical students. I’m
going crazy with that,” she laughed. “So, in
a way the ECMS stuff is almost relaxation.
“Tt can seem like an awful lot of work,
but if you have a vision as to what you’re
trying to do, you can stay focused and get
it done.”
These four examples are just the tip of
the iceberg for university affiliated staff,
students, and alumni registered with the
Beyond These Halls program. It’s been an
unqualified success — in 2004, the universi-
ty community contributed a combined total
of 84,336 volunteer hours, and the current
year looks to be just as impressive.
“T guess it sometimes feels kind of
overwhelming to be doing so much outside
of work,” said Teena Pasay. “But I feel it’s
important that we get off our couches and
participate. I’m simply not a couch sitter!”
The campus community will celebrate
U of A volunteers at this year’s Beyond
These Halls volunteer recognition cer-
emony on Feb. 28 at the Telus Centre for
Professional Development. Volunteers
who'd like to be part of the program can
submit their hours to the University of
Alberta Senate by Jan. 31. m
Former Agriculture dean dies
Dr. lan Morrison was respected for his ethics, loved by students
By Richard Cairney
he University of Alberta community is
mourning the loss of Dr. Ian Morrison.
Morrison, who served as dean of the
Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry, and Home
Economics from 1996 - 2004, died on Jan.8
due to injuries sustained in a horseback
riding accident. He was 58.
“The whole faculty is in shock, from the
students on up,” said Dr. John Kennelly, a
friend and colleague of Morrison’s, and his
successor as dean. “He was loved by the
students. He spent a huge amount of time
working to connect with students and try-
ing to build the quality of programs in the
faculty.”
Morrison, a professor of agronomy
and cropping systems, specialized in weed
science and agronomy. He worked closely
with producer associations, the provincial
government and the agrichemical industry
in developing improved weed control and
crop management practices. Much of the
pioneering research on herbicide resistance
in western Canada was undertaken by
Morrison and his associates.
In 1997 he and his coauthors won the
Outstanding Paper in Weed Science Award
for their contribution, The Evolution
and Genetics of Herbicide Resistance in
Agricultural Weeds. In 1999 he was elected
a Fellow of the Weed Science Society of
America in recognition of his contributions
to the discipline in research, teaching and
outreach.
Following his term as dean, Morrison
served as visiting scientist at the
“We'll remember him as a gentleman
with a sense of fair play who was totally
ethical. The faculty has lost a wonderful
person and a dear friend.”
—Dr. John Kennelly
Agricultural Production Systems Research
Unit in Toowoomba, Queensland, and was
scheduled to return to teaching at the U of
A this semester.
Prior to joining the U of A, Morrison
was head of the Department of Plant
Science at the University of Manitoba,
where he specialized in crop production,
primarily relating to weed control in field
and forage crops.
Morrison was also an avid horseman.
He and his family kept horses for pleasure
riding, back-country packing and driv-
ing. He was a member of the Alberta Trail
Riders Association, the Alberta Carriage
Driving Association and the Alberta
Equestrian Federation.
“We'll remember him as a gentleman
with a sense of fair play who was totally
ethical,” said Kennelly. “The faculty has
lost a wonderful person and a dear friend.”
Dr. Ian Morrison
Arctic landscape, way of life need to
be preserved, say students
Consequences of climate change increasingly apparent in the North
By Caitlin Crawshaw
hen he’s at home in Sachs Harbour,
Northwest Territories, Vernon Amos
doesn’t wear a watch. On the wide open
Arctic landscape he’s been known to
fish all night with fellow student Eli
Nasogaluak, 23, unrestricted by the bustle
of big city life.
No place compares to the Arctic ham-
let, said the 25-year-old Amos, who has
lived in Calgary and Sudbury, Ontario.
“It’s always such a relief to come home
where things are slower,” he said.
But this may not be the case forever,
they explain, as the Arctic is rapidly chang-
ing. The pair visited Dr. John England’s
EAS 453 class on Jan.12 to discuss how
both the social and environmental land-
scapes of the North are changing, and to
speak of their scientific work with England
this past summer. England, a professor of
earth and atmospheric sciences, holds the
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research
Council (NSERC) Northern Research Chair.
The two students of Aurora College’s
Natural Resources and Technology
Program worked with England to examine
the history of glaciation at Banks Island,
N.W.T. Their work was part of a partner-
ship between Inuvik’s Aurora College and
the U of A. As NSERC Northern Chair, his
work involves making meaningful connec-
tions with northern colleges, England said.
When it comes to the ecology of the
Arctic, the effects of climate change are
becoming increasingly apparent, Amos
said. He recalls winters of non-stop snow,
without any thawing, but says these days
a thaw-freeze cycle is affecting the wild-
life, particularly Muskox, as rock-hard ice
forms on top of the vegetation they depend
upon for survival. Whereas 90,000 of the
beasts once roamed the frozen island, that
number has now dropped to 50,000.
While it is clear action needs to be
“[Youth] don’t realize they're
missing out on their culture.’
— Eli Nasogaluak
taken to protect the fragile ecosystem,
Amos said the average person isn’t aware
of the science behind the phenomenon, nor
what visiting Arctic scientists are hoping
to accomplish. Unlike England, most sci-
entists do not understand or communicate
with northern communities, he said.
Added to that is the problem of leader-
ship, as many politicians aren’t equipped
to educate people on the science behind
climate change, nor are they aware of what
visiting Arctic scientists are studying.
“A lot of the leaders here are former
hunters and trappers,” he explained. “I
don’t think they have much knowledge of
science.” He added, however, that this will
change as they age and hand over their
leadership to a younger and more science-
savvy generation.
Additionally, politicians generally
support resource extraction efforts in the
North, which can have very harmful envi-
ronmental consequences, but an immediate
economic payoff.
“There aren’t a lot of politicians try-
ing to raise their voice against it,” said
Nasogaluak. And the people are often
swayed by the promise of jobs, as work can
be hard to find. “People have to support
families.”
Socially, the Arctic is becoming increas-
ingly influenced by North American mass
culture, Amos added.
“Pop culture is really big in the North.
They'll follow any trends — even if they’re
Northern students Vernon Amos and Eli Nasogaluak (middle, right) worked with the University of Alberta’s Dr.
John England (left) on Arctic research last summer.
bad ones,” he laughed.
And as pop culture comes to the fore-
front, traditional ways of life are being
forgotten, the two explain. Young Inuit
people only a few years younger are no
longer learning how to live off the land as
they once did, nor learning their mother
tongues.
“They don’t realize they’re missing out
on their culture,” Amos said. He added
that living off the land requires a set of
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skills that, like playing an instrument, must
be practiced to be maintained. “If you
don’t practice, you get rusty.”
For England, who has spent many
decades studying the North, it’s important
for scientists to connect with the communi-
ties they’re studying. “There has been a
gap between northern communities and
southern scientists,” he said, adding that
cultural insensitivity is a problem that
must be overcome. &
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Composition fuses student's passion for physics and music
From Water to Ice resonates with Edmonton audience
By Tom Murra
niversity of Alberta graduate physics
student Aaron Hryciw currently has two
works that consume him. First, there’s his
thesis: Optical Properties of Rare-Earth-
Doped Silicon Nanocomposites — not the
most compelling of titles, but then most
papers dealing with the study of lumines-
cence from thin film glasses containing
silicon nanoparticles aren’t often named
to roll off the tongue. It’s Hryciw’s second
work, a musical composition with the far
more poetic title From Water to Ice, that
has drawn attention in both the worlds of
physics and music.
Commissioned last year for the World
Year of Physics 2005 — an event that
marked the centenary of Albert Einstein’s
development of the special theory of rela-
tivity — From Water to Ice was intentionally
developed as a way to link both worlds.
Choosing the string quartet as the easi-
est way to get the composition done on
time, Hryciw began penning a three-part
structure that would contain certain math-
ematical equations known within the field
of physics. In particular, Hryciw included
the Fibonacci sequence, a series of numbers
in which each number is the sum of the
two previous ones.
“Tt was a difficult thing to make it
equally about music and physics,” admits
Hryciw, relaxing after the last of his exams.
“T couldn’t choose some fancy little thing
in quantum physics to describe in music.
The general public wouldn’t know or care
about that. There’s a lot of crazy physics in
the piece,” he chuckles, “but because of the
water to ice theme, it’s also immediately
familiar to people in Edmonton.”
It would be an understatement to say
the project has been successful. From Water
to Ice was performed by the Borealis String
Quartet at universities across the country
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Graduate student Aaron Hyrciw takes a break from his physics research to play his violin.
this summer, and the musicality of the
composition superseded its novelty aspect.
After touring 10 cities, the quartet made
its way here Nov. 17, 2005, premiering the
piece at the Myer Horowitz Theatre to a
sold-out audience.
“AS a young composer, it’s difficult
to get your work out there, so it’s a great
break for me to have my name across the
country like this,” Hryciw said. “You can’t
pay for this kind of publicity. I’m just hop-
ing that sooner or later someone will ask
me to write another piece.”
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“It was a difficult thing to make it equally about
music and physics. | couldn't choose some fancy
litle thing in quantum physics to describe in music
the general public wouldn'tknow orcare.
about that.”
— Aaron Hyrciw
passions from an early age. He comes
from a musical family; his mother teaches
piano and his father is a violinist for the
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. Hryciw
himself is a violinist with the Academy
Strings Orchestra and the University
Symphony Orchestra, and he studied with
Malcolm Forsyth and the late Violet Archer,
two of Canada’s most respected compos-
ers. Despite his scholastic workload, he’s
managed to sneak in some writing, pen-
ning 19 compositions, four of which were
commissioned. He is currently finishing up
a composition for bass clarinet and oboe.
There are no immediate plans for a
recording of From Water to Ice, but Hryciw
hopes that the country-wide success of
the piece will prod someone into taking a
chance on it.
“T don’t think it would show up ona
recording alongside works by Beethoven
or anything, but possibly on a sampler of
young composers? I do know that when
they were travelling across Ontario in par-
ticular, Borealis said that they had a num-
ber of people come up and ask whether
they had recorded the piece, or were plan-
ning on recording, so, who knows? Maybe
the next time they do a CD of Canadian
music, I’ll be on there.” &
Creative non-fiction prof wins $10,000 writing prize
Dr. Betsy Sargent earns this year’s MacTaggart Writing Award
By Anne Bailey : — =
t’s 2 a.m. You’re struggling with a term
paper and cursing the professor who,
you are certain, finds writing articles and
reports painless. Not so, says Dr. Elizabeth
(Betsy) Sargent, this year’s winner of the
Faculty of Arts’ $10,000 Mactaggart Writing
Award - an award which recognizes excel-
lence in essay writing.
“My first draft was at least three times
as long as it was allowed be,” she said.
Sargent spent hours - also in the deep of
the night - cutting and rewriting, looking at
every sentence very closely.
“Sometimes it’s really painful choos-
ing what will be cut,” Sargent said. At the
same time, “the really good discipline for
me is the cutting.”
The end result of those hours of
revision was an award winner. Entitled
Maintenance: November 1993, Sargent’s
essay paints a portrait of her father at the
moment when she came to the realization
that he wasn’t indestructible; that he might
not always be able to care for his family as
they’d come to expect.
“For me, what really stood out was
[Sargent’s] portrait and characterization
of her father,” said Ted Bishop, one of the
judges and past winners of the award.
The competition was established in
1999 by a gift from Cécile Mactaggart.
A writer and lover of travel, Mactaggart
wanted to develop an award which would
highlight the value of both. Each year, the
writing competition alternates between
undergraduate students and teaching staff
in the Faculty of Arts, and the winner is
given up to $10,000 to travel to a destina-
tion of his or her choice. The 2005 competi-
tion focused on writing from faculty, and
submissions on topics as diverse as family
relations and travel in Peru were received.
Participating in the Mactaggart Writing
Award is one of the few opportunities fac-
ulty have to explore non-academic writing
styles and forms. According to Sargent, a
professor in the Department of English and
Film Studies, “the Mactaggart award is
‘cutting edge’ precisely for this reason.”
For Sargent, who teaches creative non-
fiction, this is one of the award’s greatest
merits. But, she continues, it is fully in tune
with the value given to creative writing
on campus more generally. The U of A has
a long reputation for its creative writing
courses, but not everyone is aware that
excellent courses in creative non-fiction,
along with fiction and poetry, are available.
Co-chair of a campus-wide Writing
Task Force, Sargent would love to see stu-
dents being given even more opportunities
to explore all kinds of writing, not only
the style required by academic papers and
reports. “When students are writing about
what they really care about, they care
much more about learning how to perfect
the craft,” she said.
What exotic locale does Sargent plan to
visit with the proceeds of the award? As a
young girl, Sargent often flipped through
the pages of the National Geographic, a
constant in her home. There she came upon
pictures of Machu Picchu, an ancient city
high in the mountains of Peru. Mindful of
the fact that her own parents were unfortu-
nately prevented from fulfilling dreams of
post-retirement travel due to her mother’s
illness, Sargent wants to make the climb to
Machu Picchu while she is still fit. She has
invited her daughters, Molly and Hannah
Wallace, along with her this May.
“This is a chance to have a once ina
$10,000 travel allowance.
lifetime adventure with my two daugh-
ters. They both have busy lives and live so
far away from me so this is a wonderful
chance to do something together.”
The 2006 Mactaggart Writing Award
University of Alberta @ folio January 20, 2006
Dr. Betsy Sargent has been named this year’s winner of the MacTaggart Writing Award, which includes a
will be open to all undergraduate students
in the Faculty of Arts. The competition
will change slightly, broadening to include
short stories as well as essays, and will
increase in value to $12,000. m
Researcher looking for ways to stop killer herpes viruses
Microbe often devastating to transplant patients and those with AIDS
By Beverly Betkowski
A astounding 90 per cent of the world’s
population is infected with some type
of herpes virus. And while most people
are healthy enough to co-exist with this
invader, it is emerging as a killer, and in
especially tragic circumstances.
Transplant patients who have been
given a new chance at life with new livers,
lungs or kidneys are common victims of
the herpes virus. People undergoing cancer
treatment or who have AIDS are also vul-
nerable.
That drove Dr. George Zahariadis from
the bedside to the lab. The University of
Alberta medical virologist and researcher
is embarking on a two-year project to learn
more about the virus and why a body
weakened by transplant surgery or illness
succumbs to such a common, widespread
culprit.
“The viruses are not kept in check for
these patients,” said Zahariadis, an Alberta
Heritage Foundation for Medical Research
Clinical Research Fellow who is work-
ing with Dr. James Smiley in the U of A
Department of Medical Microbiology and
Immunology.
“Most of us live comfortable lives,”
he added. “The virus co-exists with us in
latent form. The viruses (there are eight
known herpes strains that infect humans)
can cause cold sores, mononucleosis, geni-
tal herpes and chickenpox. But at the other
end of the spectrum, herpes can cause
severe brain infections. We think of them as
nuisance viruses, but they span the whole
spectrum of severity.”
New glacier history sheds ligh
By Phoebe Dey |
U niversity of Alberta research that
rewrites the history of glacial movement
in northwestern North America over the
past 10,000 years offers important clues to
climate change in recent millennia.
Glacier fluctuations are sensitive indi-
cators of past climate change, yet little is
known about glacier activity in Pacific
North America during the first millennium
A.D. Alberto Reyes, a PhD student in the
Department of Earth and Atmospheric
Sciences, and his research team have found
evidence for a regionally extensive glacier
expansion during that time, suggesting that
climate during the last several thousand
years may have been more variable than
previously thought. The research appears
in the journal Geology.
Reyes and his collaborators — mainly
Dr. Dan Smith from the University of
Victoria and Dr. Greg Wiles from the
College of Wooster in Ohio — looked for a
variety of clues in the field to help figure
out the timing of past glacier fluctua-
tions. At almost all of the glaciers studied,
surface evidence prior to the “Little Ice
Age” had been destroyed because glacial
advance during that time had been so dra-
matic. Most of the evidence they found was
in the form of buried soils and logs covered
by glacial sediments.
“In some cases, entire forest stands
were buried by sediments, and their trunks
sheared off by advancing ice,” said Reyes,
who initiated the work while a master’s
student at Simon Fraser University.
Samples were then sent off for radio-
carbon dating, and when the results came
back, the researchers were able to deter-
mine when each individual glacier was
expanding. Reyes had earlier noted a first-
millennium-AD advance at the glacier he
was studying for his master’s thesis, which
jumped out because it was thought glaciers
in the region weren't expanding at that
time.
After poring over old data and early
“Most of us live comfortable lives. The virus
co-exists with us in latent form. The viruses can
cause cold sores, mononucleosis, genital herpes
and chickenpox. But at the other end of the
spectrum, herpes can cause severe brain
infections.”
— Dr. George Zahariadis
Zahariadis knew he needed to research
herpes after he began fielding calls from
surgeons and oncologists who were seeing
their recovering transplant patients fall vic-
tim to the virus.
“It is frustrating. We make such great
advances in cancer therapy and organ fail-
ure, but then patients die from re-activated
herpes viruses. We have not kept up in
advancements to deal with complications
of herpes.” To date, the only effective her-
pes vaccine is for chickenpox, he noted.
Fatal herpes-related complications for
weakened patients include pneumonia and
lymphoma (cancer of the blood cells). “It
can also cause diseases in the organ that is
transplanted.”
The study Zahariadis is conducting
will focus on understanding the biology
of the herpes simplex virus. “We are try-
ing to understand how the herpes virus
escapes detection within the body ... We
want to know how the virus turns off the
results of new research, the team found
that many other glaciers had also advanced
during that period. “If only one or two gla-
ciers are advancing at any particular time,
it is not really significant,” said Reyes. “But
when many glaciers across a wide region
are advancing with some degree of syn-
chronicity, there is likely something going
on with regional climate that causes the
glaciers to advance.”
Reyes was surprised that the regional
nature of this first-millennium-AD glacier
advance remained unrecognized for so
long. He suspects that earlier reports hint-
ing at the existence of an advance slipped
under the radar because they did not fit
into the established chronology of past gla-
cier activity.
The glacier data reported by Reyes
and colleagues, together with other clues
of past climate, support an emerging idea
that climate in the North Pacific region has
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Dr. George Zahariadis is working on a two-year project to learn more about herpes viruses which can
devastate transplant patients.
cellular immune response - the ‘killer cell’
response.”
Zahariadis aims to not only find a
way to keep the virus from paralyzing the
body’s protective cells, but is also hoping,
in the long term, to exploit that very trait to
help prevent the body from rejecting new
organs.
“We want to learn how the virus
manipulates the immune system, and how
it turns off the immune response in cases of
rejection.”
The project is being funded through to
2008 by the Alberta Heritage Foundation
for Medical Research, Canadian Institutes
of Health Research, the University Hospital
Foundation and the Alberta Provincial
Laboratory for Public Health. =
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FAB shows inspired by personal empowerment
The introspective works of Richard Boulet and Katarzyna Vedah illustrate personal journeys
By Caitlin Crawshaw
ach square of his vibrant banners is care-
fully sewn, every letter expertly placed.
One piece reads: “Mom, am I a vampire?”
Each of her pieces combines photog-
raphy with drawing technique to create
images reminiscent of cells viewed through
an electron microscope.
But while the artworks of Richard
Boulet and Katarzyna Vedah might seem
worlds apart, the University of Alberta
MFA students explain that their work is
actually cut from the same cloth.
“We take a different approach, but the
essence of what we're trying to do is the
same,” said Vedah.
Her exhibit, entitled The space within:
polarity’s circle, and Boulet’s show, A
Schizophrenia, visually represent personal
journeys, say the artists.
“My exhibit is the culmination of 14
years of mental health recovery, in terms of
learning about myself,” said Boulet, who
in 1994 was diagnosed with schizophrenia.
The chronic, disabling brain disease affects
about one per cent of the population, and
can cause delusions and hallucinations.
His exhibit features a number of large
banners and several drawings which
embody his struggle to come to terms with
an often-baffling illness.
For years, Boulet struggled with
complex and shifting delusions about
the world around him. One banner, for
instance, tells the story of a psychotic
episode he experienced in which he was
convinced that he was a vampire. During
a long walk Boulet believed he’d taken
with Jesus, he found a piece of paper about
vampires and believed that Jesus was tell-
ing him that he was a vampire. He called
his mother to ask her.
“She said ‘no.’ Then I just went on to
another delusion,” said Boulet.
A paranoid schizophrenic, Boulet
explains that psychotic episodes he experi-
enced were often terrifying.
“It’s like being cornered; it’s like a rat
being cornered. You never know where to
turn, you never know who to trust.”
Boulet explains that personal empower-
ment motivated him to create the exhibit,
adding that he hopes it will help break
down some of the stigma and misinforma-
tion about the illness.
Vedah explains that her exhibit
emerged from a similar process of intro-
spection and understanding.
“Basically, the work was a visual repre-
sentation of my journey of trying to regain
emotional and psychological balance, and
finding that balance was change and adap-
tation,” she said.
For years she struggled to find life’s
“grey zone.”
“I always felt a little too sensitive.
Something someone would say to me, or
the noise of a car, or even the vibration
from sound would feel very hurtful at
times, and I always felt that I didn’t quite
have that mediating boundary that every-
one else around me seemed to have,” she
said.
Her reaction to this was to become very
fixed in her view of the world and herself.
“J started to have a lot of rigid think-
ing, a kind of split mentality: ‘Either I do
this, or I do that.’ ”
By meditating and researching natural
systems to create her series, Vedah gained
insight into the essence of balance, discov-
ering that constant change is needed to
maintain natural systems, the body, and
the mind.
Both artists agree that the process of
creating their exhibits has taught them
about the nature of introspection and
human psychology.
“Gaining insight into yourself is like
peeling an onion, there’s always another
layer, there’s always another mystery,”
Boulet said.
Both shows run from Jan.10-28 at the
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Richard Boulet chose quilt-based sewing as the medium for his exhibit, which illustrates his struggle with Schizophrenia. (Above)
Boulet with Banner 8. (Inset) Banner 10.
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) and Passing Time (right).
“Gaining insight into
yourself is like
peeling an onion,
there's always
another layer, there’s
always another
mystery.’
— Richard Boulet
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Staffer shares her passion for “people with fur”
By Geoff McMaster
inda McLure admits people look at her
funny when they find out she breeds pet
mice.
“They get that glazed look in their eyes
and say, ‘Oh, isn’t that nice’...I do worry
sometimes about comparisons to the crazy
cat lady,” says McLure, secretary for the
University of Alberta’s science and health
sciences libraries. “I have one friend to
whom I can’t even mention it. You can
feel her shutting down. But mostly, I just
laugh.”
People always ask if she’s feeding a pet
snake. The answer is no, nor does she put
her mice on the market. She just happens
to think rodents make fine company.
Eccentric, perhaps, but mice have been
her passion since she was about 12, when
she acquired her first pet mouse. “They’re
just fun — like little people with fur coats.
Watching them interact is amazing.”
She now has a colony of about 50, some
of them born Jan. 17, in aquariums and
cages bedded with potting soil. All of them
have names, of course, like Runty Dude,
Sheppy and Calliope, as well as distinct
personalities.
Take Lulu, for example, “the vicious
one,” who chases her tail endlessly around
the cage, sometimes searching for it when
she thinks it’s escaped. Or George, “the
total goofball” who is well intentioned but
just can’t seem to do anything right: “He
tries to groom and fuss over the female in
his cage, but he’s too overwhelming, so she
runs away or hits him or bites him.”
And then there’s Nuage, “the lump...
the great white whale, bigger than any
pregnant mouse I’ve ever had,” says
McLure. “She’s just a real sweetheart and
can sit and be happy all day.
“They range from terrified of life
to crawling all over me,” says McLure.
Alsacia, for instance, loves to climb all over
McLure but avoids the hands, “because she
knows she could get put away.”
McLure says the mice are smart, dili-
gent and “have lot of time on their hands,”
cooking up escape plans in teams while
she’s at work. They once discovered that
if they buried the bottom of their running
wheel so it couldn’t spin, climbed to the
top and hoisted themselves up on a water
bottle, they could push on the aquarium
lid and open it. “I caught the little buggers
before they managed to get out,” she says.
Mice only live for a couple of years at
most, so there are a lot of tearful goodbyes
in McLure’s life. And she does get more
attached to some than others: “There’s a
couple I’m really going to be sobbing hys-
terically over when they go.”
On the other hand, there’s also always
a new litter on the way, making it easier
to overcome the loss. It’s only two months
from conception to independence, and
McLure knows enough about genetics — the
complex interplay of dominant and reces-
sive genes -to take a keen scientific interest
in the evolution of the line. Right now she’s
breeding for “extreme dwarfism” — adults
about the size of a squash ball.
“Everyone else is breeding big; I’m
breeding small,” she says. “There’s a word
for a big mouse - it’s called a rat, and
what's the point of that?”
“They're just fun — like little
people with fur coats. Watching
them interact is amazing.’
— Linda McLure
McLure is so devoted to her mouse
family she started a website with other
breeders in New York, Ohio, Australia,
Alaska, Puerto Rico and the U.K. called
petrodents.com, “dedicated to providing
the best possible care for pet rodents of all
kinds.” The online club now has 78 mem-
bers from around the world and is “grow-
ing all the time,” she says.
There’s a chat room to compare notes
on breeding and to share anecdotes, sec-
tions on mouse genetics, mouse news and
a mouse-ware store. If you share McLure’s
proclivity, you can purchase mouse coast-
ers, sweatshirts, fridge magnets, wall
clocks and all manner of mouse kitch.
The site even has a webcam pointed at
the latest litter produced by Papa Bucky
and Mama Bernadette (no kidding — you
can actually log on and see the 11 babies
for yourself).
“Nothing is quite as rewarding - it’s
instant gratification,” says McLure of this
most unusual hobby. “There is so much
reward for so little effort.” m
Linda McLure and friends.
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UNTIL MAR 16 2006
Conserving Biodiversity in Northern Cities
Leading researchers from around the globe will be
speaking about conservation issues within north-
ern cities. The series is free of charge and open to
the public. Registration is not required. 4:30 p.m.
Engineering Teaching Learning Complex Room 1
007. http://www.ualberta.ca/ERSC/es.htm.
UNTIL FEB 1 2006
“..Con’t 2005” by lhor Dmytruk Opening
Reception: Wednesday, Jan. 18, 6-9 p.m. Gallery
hours: 8:30 a.m. - 8 p.m., Monday to Thursday
8:30 a.m - 4:30 p.m., Friday; 9 a.m. - 12 noon,
Saturday This exhibition represents a continuation of
hor Dmytruk’s longtime exploration of the drawing
discipline. The introduction of colour in his recent
work is a relatively new departure. The images
inspired from nature, immediate surroundings and
events, are transformed into their own reality by
imagination and the act of drawing. The Extension
Centre Gallery is open to the public. Phone 492-0166
for information or visit our Web site at: www.exten-
sion.ualberta.ca. Extension Centre Gallery, 2nd Floor,
University Extension Centre, 8303 - 112 Street. http://
www.extension.ualberta.ca/liberalstudies.
UNTIL JAN 28 2006
Richard Boulet: A Schizophrenia This exhibi-
tion is the final visual presentation for the degree
of Master of Fine Arts in Drawing and Intermedia.
The Reception will be held on Thursday, January 19,
7-10 p.m., complete with food and drinks! Everyone
is welcome! Regular Gallery hours are from Tuesday
to Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday, 2 p.m. to
5 p.m. The Gallery is closed Sunday, Monday and
statutory holidays. Fine Arts Building Gallery, room
1-1 Fine Arts Building, University of Alberta campus,
112 Street and 89 Avenue.
The Space Within: Polarity’s Circle This exhi-
bition is the final visual presentation for the degree
of Master of Fine Arts in Drawing and Intermedia.
The Reception will be held on Thursday, January 19,
7-10 p.m., complete with food and drinks! Everyone
is welcome! Regular Gallery hours are from Tuesday
to Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday, 2 p.m. to
5 p.m. The Gallery is closed Sunday, Monday and
statutory holidays. Fine Arts Building Gallery, room
1-1 Fine Arts Building, University of Alberta campus,
112 Street and 89 Avenue.
JAN 20 2006
Lake Washington and the Synergistic
Interaction Between Long-term Monitoring and
Experimental Research Dr. Stephanie Hampton,
Department of Biological Sciences, University of
Alberta is presenting a seminar on “Lake Washington
and the Synergistic Interaction Between Long-term
Monitoring and Experimental Research.”12:00 p.m.
M-149, Biological Sciences Building. http://www.biol-
ogy.ualberta.ca/courses/biol631/ .
Virtue in the Health Professions Health Ethics
Seminar 12:00 p.m. - 12:45 p.m. Room 207, Heritage
Medical Research Centre, U of A. http://www.ual-
berta.ca/BIOETHICS/ .
Moving to the head of the class: Looking
for teaching positions Learn how to effectively
prepare yourself for the work search process,
about strategies for finding teaching positions with
school boards and about teacher certification. Free
Drop-in Seminar 12:05 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. 2-100 SUB.
http://www.ualberta.ca/caps.
Curriculum & Pedagogy Institute Seminar
Series: Complexity in Education Dr Deborah
Osberg, Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept of Secondary
Education: “Rethinking Schooling Through the
‘Logic’ of Emergence: Some Thoughts on Planned
Enculturation and Educational Responsibility,” and
Jim Fuite, Dept of Secondary Education: “A Study
of the Dynamics of Group Learning Using Network
Theory.” 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. 122 Education South.
http://www.quasar.ualberta.ca/cpin/upcoming.htm .
The PI 3-kinase signaling network in hemo-
poietic cell models Speaker: Dr. Vincent Duronio,
Professor, Department of Medicine (Respiratory),
University of British Columbia 3:00 p.m. 207
Heritage Medical Research Centre.
DISSERTATIONS, BOOKS, AND IN BETWEEN:
First Cracks at Publishing a Book Dissertations
are strange creatures that may or may not lend
themselves well to book publication. But it is never
too early to contemplate the book you might pro-
duce. In this SIPS, three faculty members speak to
the similarities and differences in their experiences
of publishing their first books, and provide key
questions and tips for doing so.
Invited Speaker Invited Speaker: Professor
Donald Douglas, Department of Chemistry,
University of British Columbia Lecture title:
“Quadrupole Mass Filters and lon Traps in Mass
Spectrometry: New Tricks for Old Technology” 4:00
p.m. - 5:00 p.m. V1-10 V wing.
Pandas Basketball Pandas vs. Victoria 6:30
p.m. Main Gym Van Vliet Physical Education and
Recreation Centre. www.cubsclub.ualberta.ca .
Pandas Hockey Pandas vs. Regina 7:00 p.m.
Clare Drake Arena Van Vliet Physical Education and
Recreation Centre . www.cubsclub.ualberta.ca .
Music at Convocation Hall | Music at
Convocation Hall |. Eleni Pappa, piano; Konstantina
Pappa, violin; Nocturne for violin and piano: John
Cage; Theme and Variations: Olivier Messiaen;
Fratres: Arvo Part; Sonata No 1: Alfred Schnittke.
8:00 p.m. Arts Building/Convocation Hall .
Bears Basketball Bears vs. Victoria 8:15
p.m. Main Gym Van Vliet Physical Education and
Recreation Centre . www.cubsclub.ualberta.ca .
JAN 21 - JAN 22 2006
Track and Field Golden Bear Invitational
Butterdome (Universiade Pavillion) . www.cubsclub.
ualberta.ca.
JAN 21 2006
Science Immersion Workshops for Teachers
The Edmonton Science Outreach Network (ESON)
is pleased to offer a full day of Science Immersion
Workshops for Elementary and Junior High teach-
ers at the University of Alberta, Education Centre.
The fee of $25 per person includes a continental
breakfast, light lunch, three workshop sessions
and a package of teacher resources. Email Marlene
Konduc at esons@telus.net with “Workshop Reg”
in the subject line to register. 7:30 a.m. - 2:45 p.m.
University of Alberta, Education South, Room 122.
http://www.sciencehotline.ca.
4.0 Resumes for Students in Education Both
novice and experienced resume writers will benefit
from attending this workshop. The focus is on learn-
ing a new conceptual framework developed at CaPS,
which can be used to develop a new resume or revise
an existing resume. Results from a survey about
employers’ expectations and preferences regarding
resumes are also presented. Pre-register at 10:30 a.m.
- 12:00 p.m. 2-100 SUB. http://www.ualberta.ca/caps .
Assembling Your School Board Application
Package Learn how to write an effective resume
and cover letter for teaching positions. In this work-
shop you will create a draft resume and cover letter
or you can bring one you've already done to work
on. Other components of your teaching application
package, such as references and the autobiographi-
cal statement, will also be discussed Pre-register
at 2-100 SUB 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. 4-02 SUB. http://
www.ualberta.ca/caps.
Bears Volleyball Bears vs. Winnipeg 3:30
p.m. Main Gym Van Vliet Physical Education and
Recreation Centre. www.cubsclub.ualberta.ca .
Orthodontic Alumni Association Bears Den
Night All Orthodontic Alumni Association members
are invited to attend an evening of fun and sports
in the Bears Den, as the UA Pandas Hockey team
takes on the University of Regina. 6:30 p.m.
Pandas Basketball Pandas vs. Victoria 6:30
p.m. Main Gym Van Vliet Physical Education and
Recreation Centre. www.cubsclub.ualberta.ca .
Pandas Hockey Pandas vs. Regina 7:00 p.m.
Clare Drake Arena Van Vliet Physical Education and
Recreation Centre. www.cubsclub.ualberta.ca .
Bears Basketball Bears vs. Victoria 8:15
p.m. Main Gym Van Vliet Physical Education and
Recreation Centre. www.cubsclub.ualberta.ca .
JAN 22 2006
Bears Volleyball Bears vs. Winnipeg 2:00
p.m. Main Gym Van Vliet Physical Education and
Recreation Centre . www.cubsclub.ualberta.ca .
JAN 23 2006
Tips for planning your summer vocation
Learn how CaPS can help you with your search for
summer work, along with some of the most effec-
tive ways to find summer employment. Summer
employment programs will also be discussed. Free
Drop-in Seminar 2-100 SUB. 12:05 p.m. - 12:50 p.m.
2-100 SUB. http://www.ualberta.ca/caps.
Invited Speaker Invited Speaker: Karen C.
Waldron, Professeure agrégée (Associate Professor)
Département de chimie Université de Montréal.
Lecture title: “Development of coupled analytical
methods for determining chitosan oligosaccharide
products after enzymatic deacetylation: towards
a creening assay of enzyme variants created by
directed evolution.” 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. E3-25
Gunning/Lemieux Chemistry Centre East.
University Teaching Services (UTS) Working
within the Code This session examines academic
offences within the Code of Student Behaviour:
what they are, how and when they apply, and
how to prevent them. Because prevention is never
100 per cent successful, detection and reporting
will also be discussed. Presenter: Deborah Eerkes,
Manager Academic Integrity Please register for this
session at www.ualberta.ca/~uts 3:00 p.m. - 4:30
p.m. CAB 243. http://www.ualberta.ca/~uts .
Seminar Dr. Jocelyn Hall, Dept. of Organismic
and Evolution Biology, Harvard University, will
present a seminar entitled “Systematics and mor-
phological evolution in the flowers and fruits of
Capparaceae, Brassicaceae and relatives.” Dr. Hall is
a candidate for the position of Assistant/Associate
Professor in Plant Evolution and Systematics. 4:00
p.m. - 5:00 p.m. ETLC 1-017.
JAN 24 2006
Putting your B.Ed. to work outside of the
classroom Find out how Education graduates have
put their degree to work outside of the classroom,
as well as about tools, strategies and resources
available to help you identify and explore your
career options. Resumes: The electronic transforma-
tion Free Drop-in Seminar 12:35 p.m. - 1:20 p.m.
2-100 SUB. http://www.ualberta.ca/caps
University Teaching Services (UTS)
Preventing Plagiarism This workshop focuses on
teaching our students the basic ethical principles
that will allow them to make good, honest deci-
sions when doing their work. We will also discuss
how to structure assignments that discourage
plagiarism and how to detect and prove plagiarism
when you suspect it. Presenter: Mo Engel, Arts
Resource Centre Please register for this session at
www.ualberta.ca/~uts. 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. CAB
243. http://www.ualberta.ca/~uts.
4.0 Resumes for Students in Arts and
Business Both novice and experienced resume
writers will benefit from attending this workshop.
The focus is on learning a new conceptual frame-
work developed at CaPS, which can be used to
develop a new resume or revise an existing resume.
Results from a survey about employers’ expecta-
tions and preferences regarding resumes are also
presented. Pre-register at 2-100 SUB 4:30 p.m. - 6:00
p.m. 4-02 SUB. http://www.ualberta.ca/caps .
JAN 25, 2006
PHS Grand Rounds Dr Donald Voaklander,
Associate Professor, Department of Public Health
Sciences “Medication Use and Suicide in Seniors.” 12:00
p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Room 2-117, Clinical Sciences Building.
The armchair guide to finding work on the
web The Internet can be a valuable tool in the work
search process. Learn about various search tools,
their similarities and differences, searching tips and
common Internet-based recruitment methods used
by employers. Free Drop-in Seminar 12:05 p.m. -
12:50 p.m. 2-100 SUB. http://www.ualberta.ca/caps.
Using Gridstore In -job Submissions with
GSUB (WestGrid Seminar Series) This session,
presented by Edmund Sumbar, Systems Analyst,
Academic Information and Communication
Technology, will provide information for current
WestGrid users who submit jobs via GSUB. To
attend this session, please RSVP to Jon Johansson
at access.grid@ualberta.ca. For a complete schedule
of the Winter 2006 WestGrid Seminar Series, visit
http://www.westgrid.ca/seminars.html 1:30 p.m.
- 4:00 p.m. Access Grid Room (315 General Services
Building). http://www.westgrid.ca/seminars.html.
University Teaching Services (UTS) Teaching
with Cases. A good teaching case is powerful in
the university classroom. Cases get people talking
with one another - trying out ideas, trading points
of view, sharing experiences, being energized, and
having fun. This session showcases one instructor's
practice with ethical cases that incorporate role
play as a value-added pedagogical attribute.
Participants will experience a mini-case and discus-
sion. Presenter: Rebecca Davis Mathias, St Joseph's
College Please register for this session at www.
ualberta.ca/~uts 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. CAB 243.
http://www.ualberta.ca/~uts.
4.0 Resumes for Students in Science Both
novice and experienced resume writers will ben-
efit from attending this workshop. The focus is on
learning a new conceptual framework developed at
CaPS, which can be used to develop a new resume
or revise an existing resume. Results from a survey
about employers’ expectations and preferences
regarding resumes are also presented. Pre- register
at 2-100 SUB. 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. 4-02 SUB. http://
www.ualberta.ca/caps .
JAN 26 2006
Breakfast Roundtable with Dr.
Samarasekera A roundtable discussion with
students of “Dare to Discover: A Vision for a Great
University.” 7:30 a.m. - 8:30 p.m. 5-06 Stollery
Executive Development Centre, Business Building.
Brown Bag Lunch A Brown Bag Lunch, with
guest speaker Victor Moke Ngala. His topic: “A por-
trait of francophone African-descent youth in urban
Alberta schools: Integration conditions and effects.”
Everyone welcome. 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. 10709
105 Street.
Lunch by the Books Where are the Women
in Canadian Politics? A public lecture by Linda
Trimble, Department of Political Science.12:00
University of Alberta © folio January 20, 2006
p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Stanley Milner Branch (down-
town), Edmonton Public Library, 7 Sir Winston
Churchill Square. www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/arts/
LunchbytheBooks2005.cfm?CFNoCache=TRUE
Making career fairs and career forums work
for you Want to get the most out of the time you
spend at a career fair or a career forum? Learn
valuable tips on how to prepare for and present
yourself at these valuable networking events. Free
Drop-in Program 12:35 p.m. - 1:20 p.m. 2-100 SUB.
http://www.ualberta.ca/caps.
How to Make One Million US Dollars Math
and Stat Sciences Colloquium Speaker: Dr. James
Lewis Department of Mathematical and Statistical
Sciences University of Alberta Title: “How To Make
One Million US Dollars” (The Hodge Conjecture)
Refreshments will be served in CAB 649 at 3:00 pm.
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. CAB 265. http://www.mathstat.
ualberta.ca/newsevents_colloquiumSchedule.html .
University Teaching Services (UTS) Graduate
Students and Supervisors. The student-supervi-
sor relationship can make or break a graduate
student's career. What can graduate students do to
improve their relationship with their supervisors?
What can supervisors do to improve their relation-
ship with their graduate students? Videotaped
vignettes will be used to stimulate discussion on
the expectations, roles and responsibilities, and
student rights. Presenter: Chris Hackett, Graduate
Students’ Association Please register for this session
at www.ualberta.ca/~uts 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. CAB
243. http://www.ualberta.ca/~uts .
Bohdan Bociurkiw Memorial Lecture
Myroslav Marynovych, Vice Rector, Ukrainian
Catholic University, Lviv, will deliver the Bohdan
Bociurkiw Memorial Lecture on “Religious Freedom
in Ukraine: Achievements and Challenges.” Mr.
Marynovych is a former Soviet dissident who is the
author of numerous publications on topics dealing
with religion, politics and human rights. 7:00 p.m.
227 Athabasca Hall (Heritage Lounge).
Science-Religion Lectures Brother Guy
Consolmagno, SJ Astronomer, Vatican Observatory
1) Heaven or Heat Death? Christian and Scientific
Perspectives on the End of the Universe. Wed 25
Jan, 10:00 to 11:50 AM, EDUCATION SOUTH 165 2)
Astronomy, God, and the Search for Elegance. Wed
25 Jan, 7:00 to 8:30 PM, EDUCATION SOUTH 129
JAN 27 2006
Fair Trade Fair Local vendors will share their
fairly traded or sustainably and ethically produced
wares as a follow up to the International Week
Acupuncture treats 300 different diseases.
We know it. You'll know it works,
University Acupuncture & Herbal
Therapy Centre
Suite 606 College Plaza
8215-112 Street
University Campus
We will maximize your health potential &
improve your quality of life!
Some of our doctors have over 20 years
clinical and research experience. You will
receive very effective and efficient
acupuncture, special acupressure (Tuina)
and herbal therapies.
Our efficient herbal therapy for
Menopause syndrome & Prostatisme
will be free until March 30, 2006! Please
start your treatment as soon as possible.
If you sufferer any of the following:
sciatica/arthritis,
fibromyalgia
frozen shoulder
tendonitis/bursitis
insomnia/fatigue
cystitis /PMS
migraine/stress
allergies/sinusilis
gastroenteritis/bronchitis,
side-effects of chemo/radiation therapy
high cholesterol, chronic pain and more...
Pleas call
Dr. ShuLong He at 238-5710
to check if our treatments are suited for
your conditions.
Opening Ceremonies and Sweat-Free Fashion
Show. 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Students Union
Building. http://www. international.ualberta.ca/glo-
baled.php?id=199 .
Introduction to RefWorks (Humanities &
Social Sciences) Learn to use RefWorks, a web-
based citation manager, which allows you to
import, create and store references, cite them in
Word documents, and automatically format bibli-
ographies in a number of reference styles (e.g. APA,
Vancouver, Turabian, Chicago, MLA, etc). Please
obtain a RefWorks id and password before attend-
ing the session by registering for an account. Bring
your Campus computing ID and password, as well
as the RefWorks authentication information to
the session. For RefWorks registration procedures,
http://www.library.ualberta.ca/databases_help/ref-
works_help/index.cfm. For more information http://
www.library.ualberta.ca/databases_help/refworks/
index.cfm. 10:00 a.m. Rutherford South Computer
Lab, 2-03. http://www.library.ualberta.ca/student-
training/section/index.cfm?cid=55.
Lighting the Way to Human Rights:
International Opening Ceremonies and Human
Rights Procession Join us for a celebration of
Human Rights! Thirty lanterns representing each
article of the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights will be carried throughout campus, begin-
ning at the International Centre and ending
at the Student's Union Building at 12 p.m. The
International Week Opening Ceremonies will begin
immediately thereafter. Come see the amazing tal-
ents of local Capoeira performers, hip-hop dancers,
Bollywood Comes Alive, plus a Sweat-Free Fashion
Show! 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. SUB Stage. http://www.
international.ualberta.ca/iweek .
University Teaching Services (UTS) Critical
Incident Session - Diversity and Inclusion A critical
incident is a condensed variation of the traditional
case study. The goal of this Critical Incident Session
is to provide opportunities for discussion around
challenges to teaching when diversity and inclu-
sion are considered. Three videotaped vignettes are
used as the springboard for discussion. Bring your
lunch and UTS will provide the coffee. Presenter:
Ashley Daniel and Janet Smith, Human Rights
Office Please register for this session at www.ual-
berta.ca/~uts 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. CAB 219.
Dear Employer? How do | write better work
search letters Learn how to effectively write, for-
mat and target cover letters, networking letters
and follow up letters. Find out how and when you
should use these letters in your work search. Free
Do you know? The acute stage of
frozen shoulder can be cured in 10 days
instead of suffering for years. We’ve done
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After being educated in Shanghai TC
Medical University & with 22 years
clinical practice experience, our unique
TCM treatments for soft tissue injuries
gave our thousands of patients surprising
satisfaction.
Here are a few of the many comments:
“I had constant shoulder & back pain for 5
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treatments from you. It’s _ really
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the constant pain from the supraspinous
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referred you to, were satisfied!”— Sports
Medicine Clinic Physiotherapist Mr. B
If you have pain & injuries, please call
Aspen TC Medical Wellness Clinic
Dr. Yu-Cheng Chen
R.Ac. & TCMD
12004-40 Ave. Tel: 432-4157
Drop-in Seminar 12:05 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. 2-100 SUB.
http://www.ualberta.ca/caps
Molecular theory of solvation: a novel
modeling tool for life sciences Speaker: Dr.
Andriy Kovalenko, Senior Research Officer, National
Institute for Nanotechnology, National Research
Council of Canada 3:00 p.m. 207 Heritage Medical
Research Centre.
Bears Hockey Bears vs. Saskatchewan 7:30
p.m. Clare Drake Arena Van Vliet Physical Education
and Recreation Centre. www.cubsclub.ualberta.ca .
JAN 27 - 28 2006
Dance Motif 2006 presented by the Orchesis
Dance Group, featuring guest choreographer Kathy
Ochoa as well as works by Tamara Bliss, Kathy
Metzger-Corriveau, Tina Covlin-Dewart, Laura
Krewski, and student choreographers. For tickets
call 492-2231 or come to SUB Monday, January
23-Thursday, January 26 between 11a.m. & 3p.m.
and visit our table. 8:00 p.m. Myer Horowitz Theatre
(SU building on the University of Alberta Campus).
http://www.campusrec.ualberta.ca/orchesis.cfm.
JAN 28 2006
Summer Job Fair This job fair is open to stu-
dents and alumni from all faculties who are looking
for a summer job. Network with over 60 employers
to find a job that will give you valuable career expe-
rience. 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Universiade Pavillion
(Butterdome). http://www.ualberta.ca/CAPS/CaPS_
a3-1.htm! .
Acing the Interview for Students in Education
The focus of this workshop is on how to prepare
effectively for a job interview and how to respond to
interview questions. Results from our employer sur-
vey about their practices and expectations regarding
the interview process are included in this workshop.
Pre- register at 2-100 SUB 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. 4-
02 SUB. http://www.ualberta.ca/caps .
Pharmacy Career Fair The Pharmacy Career
Fair is the event that all fourth year pharmacy stu-
dents should attend to find employment in their
feild. 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Dinwoodie Lounge (2-
000 SUB). http://www.ualberta.ca/CAPS/CaPS_a3-
1.html .
Building a Teaching Portfolio Learn about
what goes in a teaching portfolio and how to
assemble an effective portfolio, as well as how to
present your portfolio in a school board interview.
Pre-register at 2-100 SUB 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. 4-02
SUB. http://www.ualberta.ca/capps .
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information card. It includes all the information you'll
need to use your right to vote, and you'll get through
the voting process more quickly if you have it with you.
Voting hours for your polling station are indicated
on your voter information card and on the Elections
Canada Web site at www.elections.ca by clicking on
the Voter Information Service icon.
wwwv.elections.ca
Euthanasia & Assisted Suicide: Does the
Right to Life Include the Right to End Your Life?
Dr. Don Carmichael, Associate Professor, Political
Science 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Stanley A. Milner
Library (Basement in the Edmonton Room), 7 Sir
Winston Churchill Square.
Bears Hockey Bears vs. Saskatchewan 7:30
p.m. Clare Drake Arena Van Vliet Physical Education
and Recreation Centre. www.cubsclub.ualberta.ca .
JAN 30 - FEB 3 2006
International Week 2006 : “More Than
Words: Realizing Human Rights” This year
International Week will feature over 50 free events
to address the theme“More than words: realizing
human rights.” More than 5,000 attendees will take
part in sessions that range from a keynote lecture
by Stephen Lewis to lectures, panels, workshops,
films, live music, a fair trade fair, and much, much
more. Those involved in presenting during the week
include student groups, faculty members, govern-
mental and non-governmental organizations - all of
whom provide a diversity of opinions and experienc-
es on the topics being discussed. Various Locations,
University of Alberta Campus. http://www. interna-
tional.ualberta.ca/globaled.php?id=199 .
JAN 30 2006
Is it all about who you know? Tapping the
hidden job market through networking Over 80
per cent of available jobs are not advertised. One of
the most effective ways to tap the hidden job mar-
ket is through networking. Learn how to build and
maintain contacts in your field so you can get the
job that you want. Free Drop-in Seminar 12:05 p.m. -
12:50 p.m. 2-100 SUB. http://www.ualberta.ca/caps .
University Teaching Services (UTS) Teaching
Large Classes Large enrolment classrooms offer many
challenges to new and seasoned instructors. This
session looks at the use of active learning strategies,
managing grades, working with teaching assistants,
and using classroom technologies in large classes.
Presenter: David Kahane, Department of Philosophy
Please register for this session at 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
CAB 243. http://www.ualberta.ca/~uts .
Stephen Lewis - Easing the Pain and
Suffering of AIDS in Africa Augustana Against
Aids Student Society is hosting Stephen Lewis at
the Augustana Campus gymnasium, for a keynote
address on AIDS in Africa. Tickets are $10 for stu-
dents, and $15 for adults. Proceeds are going to the
Stephen Lewis Foundation. 6:30 p.m. Augustana
Campus Gymnasium, Camrose Alberta. http://www.
augustana.ca/promotional/stephenlewis/ .
JAN 31 2006
Hope Foundation of Alberta - Celebrate
Hope Week - Hope Week Kick off at City Hall
The Hope Foundation of Alberta Celebrate Hope
Week Jan 30 - Feb 4, 2006 Hope Week Kick off at
City Hall - Monday, January 30, 2006, 12 p.m. - 1:30
p.m. Visual: Hope Quilt created by HOPE KIDS With
a mission to strengthen the sense of hope for
youth and residents in care, HOPE KIDS is a com-
munity service program for children who would
like to learn about hope and make a difference in
someone's life. Hope Week Kick Off at City Hall;
Hope Foundation Open House at: Hope Foundation
of Alberta 11032 - 89 Avenue Edmonton, AB T6G
0Z6. http://www.ualberta.ca/HOPE,/ .
International Week 2006 Keynote Address:
“More Than Words: Realizing Human Rights”
Stephen Lewis, UN Special Envoy to Africa for HIV/
AIDS, will deliver a free keynote address on “More
Than Words: Realizing Human Rights”. 12:00 p.m.
- 1:30 p.m. Myer Horowitz Theatre, Student's Union
Building, University of Alberta. http://www.interna-
tional.ualberta.ca/globaled.php .
Noon Hour Organ Recital 12:00 p.m. Arts
Building/Convocation Hall.
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Submission Deadline - Beyond These Halls
- Community Service Recognition Program The
University of Alberta Senate is collecting informa-
tion on volunteer contributions made during the
2005 calendar year. To participate in the program,
simply visit the Beyond These Halls website and
briefly tell us about your work. It’s easy! Celebrate
campus volunteers! http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.
ca/beyondthesehalls/
University Teaching Services (UTS) The First
Sixteen Weeks Four undergraduate students from
Arts, Science, Engineering, and Native Studies
share their impressions and experiences related
to their learning during the first term of their first
year. This frank discussion focuses on the factors
that contribute to a positive learning environment
as well as some of the barriers faced by first year
students. Presenters: Mat Johnson, Students’ Union
and Panel Please register for this session at www.
ualberta.ca/~uts CAB 243.
Get it together: Building a foundation for
a successful work search Wondering about the
secrets of a successful work search? Learn how to
prepare effectively for your work search, what to
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consider about your appearance, and how to pres-
ent yourself to your contacts and potential employ-
ers. This is a FREE seminar. 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
CaPS, 2-100 SUB. http://www.ualberta.ca/caps.
RECONSTRUCTING & MONITORING
YOUR HEAD (Percutaneous Implant Integrity
Evaluation) Speaker: Gary Faulkner Professor
Department of Mech. Eng., University of Alberta
Abstract: The use of percutaneous implants to
restore form and function in the mouth and in the
facial region has become reasonably routine. 3:30
p.m. 2-001 Natural Resources Engineering Facility,
Markin/CNRL. http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/
mece/departmentseminars.cfm .
FEB 1 2006
PHS Grand Rounds Dr. Jeremy Beach, Director,
Occupational Medicine Residency Program; Associate
Professsor, Department of Public Health Sciences and
Dr Brian Rowe, Canada Research Chair in Emergency
Airway Diseases; Research Director, Department
of Emergency Medicine; Professor, Department of
Emergency Medicine “Diagnosis and Management of
Occupational Asthma: Systematic Review Evidence”
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Room 2-117, Clinical Sciences
Building. http://www.phs.ualberta.ca.
University Teaching Services (UTS)
Microteaching for the IS Program The Instructional
Skills (IS) Program offered through University
Teaching Services allows participants to demon-
strate their teaching skills to peers. Participants with
a minimum of 25 hours of pedagogy are invited to
give a 10-minute microteaching presentation on a
topic of interest to and understandable by a diverse
audience. Presentations must be structured (intro-
duction, body, conclusion) and rehearsed to fit the
10-minute time slot. ff you wish your presentation
to be videotaped, please bring a blank VHS tape. As
this is a requirement of the IS Program, registration
and attendance are compulsory. The IS Program
requires five participants per microteaching event.
Presenters: IS Program Participants Please register
for this session at www.ualberta.ca/~uts 1:00 p.m. -
3:00 p.m. CAB 219. http://www.ualberta.ca/~uts .
Acing the Interview for Students in Science
The focus of this workshop is on how to prepare
effectively for a job interview and how to respond
to interview questions. Results from our employer
survey about their practices and expectations
regarding the interview process are included in this
workshop. 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. CaPS, 2-100 SUB..
http://www.ualberta.ca/caps .
University Teaching Services (UTS)
PowerPoint Text and Pictures. This hands-on ses-
sion reviews the basic features of PowerPoint, and
provides sources for clip art and pictures that can
enhance presentations and become hooks for stu-
dent learning. Scanned images are also discussed.
Presenter: Kevin Moffitt, Technology Training
Centre Limited computer workstations available;
first registered, first seated. Please register for this
session at www.ualberta.ca/~uts 5:00 p.m. - 6:00
p.m. Technology Training Centre, lower level of
Cameron Library. http://www.ualberta.ca/~uts .
FEB 1 - 4 2006
Opera University of Alberta Department of
Music Opera Workshop Alan Ord, Director presents
The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart Full-length opera performance 7:30 p.m.
Arts Building/Convocation Hall.
FEB 2 2006
D.B. Robinson Distinguished Speaker Series,
featuring Philippe A. Tanguy Innovative viscous
mixing processes Philippe A. Tanguy, Ecole
Polytechnique de Montréal Biography Philippe
A. Tanguy is the TOTAL Professor of Process
Technology & Engineering at Ecole Polytechnique
of Montreal, Canada, where he heads the Research
Unit in Industrial Flow Processes. 3:30 p.m. to 4:20
p.m. Refreshments will be available at 3:10 p.m.
outside the room E1-007 Engineering Teaching and
Learning Complex (ETLC).
Looking for work as a substitute teacher
Thinking about substitute teaching, either tempo-
rarily or long term? Learn about the process schools
and school boards use to hire substitute teachers.
Free of charge. Drop into CaPS office, 2-100 SUB.
12:35 p.m. - 1:20 p.m. 2-100 SUB. http://www.ual-
berta.ca/caps .
Parallel Programming with OpenMP
(WestGrid Seminar Series) Edmund Sumbar,
Systems Analyst, Academic Information and
Communication Technology, will provide an intro-
duction to parallel programming on shared memo-
ry machines. He will discuss parallel programming
in C and Fortran using compiler directives on
multi-processor shared-memory machines as well
as compiling and linking OpenMP programs. Other
topics will include: thread and loop scheduling,
coarse-grained directives, locks and MPI/OpenMP
hybrid programming. To attend this session, please
RSVP to Jon Johansson at access.grid@ualberta.
ca. For a complete schedule of the Winter 2006
WestGrid Seminar Series, visit http://www.westgrid.
ca/seminars.html 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Access Grid
Room (315 General Services Building). http://www.
westgrid.ca/seminars.html.
University Teaching Services (UTS)
Sequencing Learning What difference does the
order of texts and activities make to student learn-
ing? This workshop examines some print passages,
a film clip, an informational reading, and a lecture
snippet to consider optimal ordering of texts for
student understanding. While the examples will
come from the humanities, links to the sciences
also will be encouraged. Bring your examples
of concepts and problems that your students
find hard to learn. Presenter:Margaret Iveson,
Department of Secondary Education Please register
for this session at www.ualberta.ca/~uts 3:30 p.m.
- 5:00 p.m. CAB 243.
FEB 3 2006
Mechanism of RNAi-dependent heterochro-
matin assembly in Schizosaccharomyces pombe
Dr. Mo Motamedi, Department of Cell Biology,
Harvard Medical School is presenting a seminar on
“Mechanism of RNAi-dependent heterochromatin
assembly in Schizosaccharomyces pombe”. 3:30
a.m. M-149, Biological Sciences Building. http://
www.biology.ualberta.ca/courses/genet605/index.
php?Page=3700.
Hope Foundation of Alberta - Celebrate
Hope Week - Hope Foundation Open House The
Hope Foundation of Alberta Celebrate Hope Week
Jan 30 - Feb 4, 2006 Hope Week Kick off at City Hall
- Monday, January 30, 2006, 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Visual: Hope Quilt created by HOPE KIDS With a mis-
sion to strengthen the sense of hope for youth and
residents in care, HOPE KIDS is a community service
program for children who would like to learn about
hope and make a difference in someone's life. Come
meet some of these children and view their visions
of hope. Hope Foundation Open House - Friday,
Feb. 3, 2006, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Visual: Workshops and
Presentations - Comprehensive database on hope
literature. Hope Week Kick Off at City Hall; Hope
Foundation Open House at: Hope Foundation of
Alberta 11032 - 89 Avenue Edmonton, AB T6G 0Z6.
http://www.ualberta.ca/hope/ .
Search firms, headhunters and temps: What
you should know Thinking about using a recruit-
ment firm to help you find work? Learn what recruit-
ment firms do, how to use them in your work search
and what recruiters look for in candidates. Free of
charge. Drop into CaPS office, 2-100 SUB. 12:05 p.m.
- 12:50 p.m. 2-100 SUB. http://www.ualberta.ca/caps .
Curriculum & Pedagogy Institute Seminar
Series: internationalization / Globalization Dr
William Pinar, Professor and Canada Research
Chair of Curriculum Studies, University of British
Columbia: “Exile and Estrangement in the
Internationalization of Curriculum Studies” 2:00
p.m. - 3:30 p.m. 122 Education South.
Detective Steve Walton (Retired)-”Street
Drug Awarness; An Overview” Campus Security
Services, in partnership with U of A Residence
Services, is pleased to host Detective Steve
Walton,”Street Drug Awareness; An Overview”.
During this 2-hour presentation, attendees are
exposed to the most current drug trends, symp-
toms, indicators and the sub-culture that revolves
around the use of drugs. This is a free presenta-
tion, however seating is limited. Call 492-5957 or
email grace.berry@cps.ualberta.ca to reserve your
seat. 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Maple Leaf Room, Lister
Conference Centre (116 Street-87 Avenue). http://
www.cps.ualberta.ca/DopeOnDope.asp.
Alumni and Friends of the Faculty of Law For
alumni and friends of the Faculty of Law, come out
and watch a Bears Hockey game vs. UBC in the pri-
vate skybox in the Clare Drake Arena. 7 p.m. Clare
Drake Arena Law Centre.
Pandas Volleyball Pandas vs. Winnipeg. 7
p.m. Main Gym Van Vliet Physical Education and
Recreation Centre . www.cubsclub.ualberta.ca .
Bears Hockey Bears vs. UBC 7:30 p.m. Clare
Drake Arena Van Vliet Physical Education and
Recreation Centre . www.cubsclub.ualberta.ca .
FEB 4 2006
Third World Interests: What Role Should
Canada Play in Relieving International Poverty?
Dr. Tom Keating, Professor, Political Science 2:00
p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Stanley A. Milner Library (Basement
in the Edmonton Room), 7 Sir Winston Churchill
Square.
Pandas Volleyball Pandas vs. Winnipeg. 7
p.m. Main Gym Van Vliet Physical Education and
Recreation Centre . www.cubsclub.ualberta.ca
Bears Hockey Bears vs. UBC 7:30 p.m. Clare
Drake Arena Van Vliet Physical Education and
Recreation Centre . www.cubsclub.ualberta.ca .
FEB 5 2006
Music at Convocation Hall !! Music at
Convocation Hall {1 William Street, saxophone
Roger Admiral, piano Trevor Brandenburg, per-
cussion Rigirio (2000) : Stefano Gervasoni Adagio
Dialettico (2000): Brice Pauset durch (2004): Mark
Andre the noise of carpet (2005) (Premiere): Scott
Godin 3:00 p.m. Arts Building/Convocation Hall .
FEB 6 2006
Visiting Speaker Dr. Catherine Llorens-Cortes,
Professor and Research Director, College de France,
Paris France Title of Talk: “Apelin: a new peptide
involved in the regulation of body fluid homeosta-
sis and cardiovascular functions” 9:30 a.m. - 10:30
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Governor of the Province of Alberta through an Order in Council on December 14,
2005.
Mrs. Mannix has a Bachelor of Arts honours degree in political science from the
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her law career at Macleod Dixon practising in the securities area and was admitted to
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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
FOR ONE ACADEMIC STAFF MEMBER
TO SERVE ON THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS
Two members of the academic staff of the university serve on the Board of Governors, one
of whom is nominated by the General Faculties Council and one of whom is nominated by
the Academic Staff Association (AAS:UA). As of January 24, 2006, there will be a vacancy
on the Board of Governors for one academic staff representative to be nominated by the
General Faculties Council. This position is currently held by Professor Gurston Dacks,
Department of Political Science and Associate Dean (Academic), Faculty of Arts. An election
will now take place to fill this upcoming vacancy on the Board of Governors.
The procedures which govern this election are contained in Section 22 of the GFC Policy
Manual and are available from the University Secretariat, 2-5 University Hall, and online
(http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/gfcpolicymanual/). These regulations provide that the GFC-
nominated “academic staff member who serves on the Board of Governors must come from
Category A1.0.” Category A1.0 includes all staff who are continuing full-time and part-time
Faculty, APOs, FSOs, Librarians, and Soft-Tenure Faculty. Nominees must be employed in
Category A1.0 throughout the term of appointment to the Board and, in addition, must be
willing and able to serve for the full term of appointment on a continuous basis. A full term
on the Board is normally three years. If there is a question about a candidate’s eligibility, the
GFC Executive Committee will decide.
The Nomination Procedures are as follows:
Nominations must be submitted in writing to Mr Garry Bodnar, Secretary to GFC, 2-5
University Hall.
Nominations must be RECEIVED in the University Secretariat (2-5 University Hall) no
later than 12:00pm, Friday, February 3, 2006.
Nominations must be supported by the signatures of five academic staff in Category A1.0
(other than the nominee).
Nominees must be willing and able to serve and normally will serve a three-year term on
both the Board and General Faculties Council.
A biographical sketch of the nominee should accompany the letter of nomination.
As the University Secretariat receives nominations, the names will be posted on the University
Secretariat website at http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/secretariat/.
Any questions about these procedures should be directed to
Mr Garry Bodnar at 492-4733 or
by e-mail (garry.bodnar@ualberta.ca).
Celebrating Outstanding Alumni
University of Alberta 2006 Alumni Recognition Awards
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
Do you know of leaders in your profession or community who are
graduates of the University of Alberta and have a history of:
e exceptional community involvement,
e outstanding professional achievements, and
e service to society or the welfare of others?
You can nominate them for a University of Alberta Alumni
Recognition Award. These include awards to recognize
accomplishments that have earned national or international
prominence, awards for exceptional achievements or
honours in the past year, awards recognizing long-term service
to the community, and awards for outstanding accomplishments
by alumni just beginning their careers.
For nomination forms or information visit www.ualberta.ca/alumni
or contact the Office of Alumni Affairs at 492-3224.
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a.m. 5-10 Medical Sciences Building. http://www.
ualberta.ca/cellbiology .
Music at Noon, Convocation Hall Student
Recital Series Music at Noon, Convocation Hall
Student Recital Series Featuring students from
the Department of Music 12:00 p.m. Arts Building/
Convocation Hall .
www.you: Developing a work search web-
site Thinking about creating a website to help
you find work? Learn how you might design or
structure your work search website and get it out
to employers. (Note: You will not learn HTML in this
seminar.) Free of charge. Drop into CaPS office, 2-
100 SUB. 12:05 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. 2-100 SUB. http://
www.ualberta.ca/caps .
University Teaching Services (UTS) Engaging
Ideas: Simple Strategies for Implementing Active
Learning Students are more apt to learn at a deeper
level if they are not merely recipients of knowledge,
but actively involved in the learning process. Bring
your ideas, challenges, and thoughts to explore some
simple strategies for active learning in the classroom
and beyond. Presenter: Margaret Spence, University
Teaching Services Please register for this session at
www.ualberta.ca/~uts 3 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. CAB 243.
FEB 7 2006
Demystifying the grad school application
process Further your thinking about applying to
graduate school. Consider whether or not gradu-
ate school is right for you. Learn how to evaluate
graduate programs and prepare strong application
packages. Free of charge. 12:35 p.m. - 1:20 p.m. 2-
100 SUB. http://www.ualberta.ca/caps .
Introduction to RefWorks (Humanities &
Social Sciences) Learn to use RefWorks, a web-
based citation manager, which allows you to
import, create and store references, cite them in
Word documents, and automatically format bibli-
ographies in a number of reference styles Please
obtain a RefWorks id and password before attend-
ing the session by registering for an account. Bring
your Campus computing ID and password, as well
as the RefWorks authentication information to
the session. For RefWorks registration procedures,
http://www library.ualberta.ca/databases_help/ref-
works_help/index.cfm. For more information http://
www.library.ualberta.ca/databases_help/refworks/
index.cfm. 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Rutherford Library
South Computer Lab, 2-03 .
University Teaching Services (UTS) iPod or
‘poombox’ and Tablet PC or ‘Etch-a-Sketch’: Tools
for Student Engagement? This session will look
at the capabilities of two technologies that have
matured over the past several years and consider
the possibilities for student engagement both
within and beyond the classroom. Whether you're
on the leading edge of using technology, or wary
of the pitfalls of focusing on the technology rather
than the learning, you will hear of some interest-
ing applications Presenter: Jim Boyes, Faculty of
Extension Please register for this session at www.
ualberta.ca/~uts 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. CAB 243.
Acing the Interview for Students in Arts and
Business The focus of this workshop is on how to
prepare effectively for a job interview and how to
respond to interview questions, Results from our
employer survey about their practices and expecta-
tions regarding the interview process are included
in this workshop. 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. 4-02 SUB.
http://www.ualberta.ca/caps .
FEB 8 2006
Stretching Out Your Business Muscles: What
You Need to Know About Opening a Physio
Clinic You know how to handle patients delicately
and alleviate their pains, but do you know how
to develop a strong private practice? Learn how
to build a business from the group up - including
important information on incorporation, taxes,
dealing with contracts, and other tips to make
opening a clinic a pain free experience. Free of
charge. Drop into CaPS office, 12:05 p.m. - 12:50
p.m. 2-100 SUB. http://www.ualberta.ca/caps .
Departmental Seminar The Department
of Biological Sciences is pleased to welcome Dr.
Anthony De Tomaso, Hopkins Marine Station of
Standford University, as a speaker for the 2005-2006
Departmental Seminar Series. De Tomaso will present
his seminar, entitled “Transplantation, Regeneration
and Parasitic Stem Cells: the Strange Life of a Primitive
Chordate”. Refreshments will be served at 2:45. 3:00
p.m. 2-001 Engineering Teaching Learning Complex.
http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/news_events/events/.
University Teaching Services (UTS) (A)Mazing
Interactive Learning Research indicates that students
who are actively involved in the learning process dis-
cover new ways to engage with course content and
develop higher order thinking skills such as analysis,
synthesis, and evaluation. Decision-making mazes
are one way to actively involve students by providing
them with a mechanism to apply the information and
concepts learned in their courses. In this interactive
session, you will have an opportunity to ‘play’ through
a decision making maze and brainstorm ways you
could use this teaching strategy in your classes.
Presenters: Wendy Caplan, Faculty of Nursing and
Bonita Bray, Academic Information Communication
Technology (AICT) Please register for this session at
www.ualberta.ca/~uts 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. CAB 243.
University of Alberta @ folio January 20, 2006
FEB 9 2006
Agape Learning Over Lunch: Social Justice
Video Series AGAPE - A Sex, Sexual, and Gender
Differences in Education and Culture Focus Group
in the Faculty of Education, University of Alberta
2005 - 2006 Learning Over Lunch: Social Justice
Video Series (Free Admission) Today's Video
Presentation: “Starting Small: Teaching Children
Tolerance? Through lively classroom footage,
teacher interviews, commentary from early child-
hood specialists, and the vivid voices of children,
this video explores five exemplary equity education
programs as examples of ways to foster a respect
for differences. For more information contact Dr.
André P. Grace at andre.grace@ualberta.ca or Kris
Wells at kwells@ualberta.ca or Agape Project Office
at 492-0772. 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. 7-102 Education
North Education Centre . http://www.uofaweb.ual-
berta.ca/education//pdfs/agape2005_2.pdf .
Building a Business: Entrepreneurial
Information for Engineers You've always been
good at building things, but do you know how to
build a successful future as an entrepreneur? Get
the facts on starting a business, including impor-
tant information on incorporation, taxes, payroll,
and other relevant financial matters that will ensure
your future company will be built on solid ground.
Free of charge. Drop into CaPS office, 12:35 p.m. -
1:20 p.m. 2-100 SUB. http://www.ualberta.ca/caps .
Piano Masterclass Piano Masterclass. Visiting
Artist Kyoko Hashimoto, McGill University. 3:30 p.m.
Studio 27, Fine Arts Building .
University Teaching Services (UTS) Using
Writing to Promote Student Engagement Writing
is an often overlooked, yet extremely powerful
technology for engaging students with course
materials, and with their own thoughts and ideas.
Still, many instructors shy away from using writing
either because it is not conventional in their fields,
or because of large class sizes. This session focuses
on the benefits that accrue to students when writing
tasks are integrated into their courses, and provides
concrete strategies for integrating writing in a range
of disciplines and classroom contexts without over-
burdening instructors. Presenter: Mo Engel, Arts
Resource Centre Please register for this session at
www.ualberta.ca/~uts. 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. CAB 243.
Acing the Interview for Students in
Engineering The focus of this workshop is on how
to prepare effectively for a job interview and how
to respond to interview questions. Results from our
employer survey about their practices and expecta-
tions regarding the interview process are included
in this workshop. 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. 4-02 SUB.
http://www.ualberta.ca/caps.
2006 President's Reception ~ Calgary The
Honourable James Edwards (Chair of the Board of
Governors) & Dick Wilson (President of the Alumni
Association) along with Calgary community lead-
ers Allan Markin, Gerry Maier, Gerry Protti, Darlene
Switzer Foster, & Craighton and Irene Twa invite U
of A alumni living in Calgary and their guest to the
2006 President's Reception. Meet President Indira
V. Samarasekera and hear her inspiring message
about the future of education in Alberta. Reception
will be held from 5-7 p.m. Formal program: 5:30-
5:45 p.m. The Devonian Room, Calgary Petroleum
Club, Please confirm your attendance before Friday,
Feb. 3, by calling Carol (toll-free) at 1-800-661-2593
or register online at www.ualberta.ca/ALUMNI/cal-
garyfeb2006.
FEB 9 - 18 2006
Studio Theatre presents Shakespeare’s
As You Like It 2006 Mary Mooney Distinguished
Visiting Artist Director Dean Gilmour Guest
Designer David Lovett Studio Theatre bright-
ens up the season of flying snow with one of
Shakespeare's greatest comedies, As You Like.
Advance tickets available through TIX on the
Square 420.1757 or online at www.tixonthesquare.
ca. Walk-up tickets available at the Timms Centre
Box Office one hour prior to curtain, for that day’s
performance only. Matinee performances Tuesday,
February 14 and Thursday, February 16 at 12:30
pm. No performance Sunday, February 12, 2006.
8:00 p.m. Timms Centre for the Arts . http://www.
uofaweb.ualberta.ca/drama/studiotheatre.cfm .
FEB 10 2006
University Teaching Services (UTS)
Interactive Media: A Panel Discussion The process
of developing interactive course content is fraught
with danger; but if it is done well it can result in
untold personal and professional rewards. This
panel of course and media design experts discusses
the benefits and challenges of designing interactive
media for student engagement that considers the
pedagogy, technology, and delivery of content in a
student centered environment. Presenters: A Media
Developer, Instructional Designer, Evaluator and
Instructor Please register for this session at www.
ualberta.ca/~uts 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. CAB 219.
Developing a business plan that works All
successful businesses need a plan. Learn the basics
of developing a business plan-what components
should be included and what resources are available
to assist you with writing your plan. Free of charge.
Drop into CaPS office, 2-100 SUB. 12:05 p.m. - 12:50
p.m. 2-100 SUB. http://www.ualberta.ca/caps.
“Computational modelling of human energy
metabolism: a conceptual framework for under-
standing obesity and cachexia” Visiting speaker
seminar by Dr. Kevin Hall, Investigator, Laboratory
of Biological Modelling, NIDDK, NIH 3:00 p.m. - 4:30
p.m. Classroom D WMC.
Pandas Basketball Pandas vs. Lethbridge. 6:30
p.m. Main Gym Van Vliet Physical Education and
Recreation Centre . www.cubsclub.ualberta.ca .
Pandas Hockey Pandas vs. UBC. 7:00 p.m.
Clare Drake Arena Van Vliet Physical Education and
Recreation Centre . www.cubsclub.ualberta.ca .
Visiting Artist Recital Visiting Artist Recital
Kyoko Hashimoto, piano McGill University 8:00 p.m.
Arts Building/Convocation Hall .
Bears Basketball Bears vs. Lethbridge 8:15
p.m. Main Gym Van Vliet Physical Education and
Recreation Centre. www.cubsclub.ualberta.ca .
Ads are charged at $0.65 per word. Minimum charge: $6.50. All advertisements must be paid for in full by cash or cheque
at the time of their submission. Bookings may be made by fax, mail or email provided payment is received by mail prior
to the deadline date. Pre-paid accounts can be set up for frequent advertisers. Please call 492-2325 for more information.
ACCOMMODATIONS FOR RENT
REAL ESTATE - Buy or Sell, Leases (furnished/
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Estate Corp.
RIVERBEND Henderson Estates/Eagle Ridge
- Executive Home steps from the ravines and walk-
ing trails, easy access to great schools, shopping,
the freeway w/easy access to the airport, 4 bdrm,
2 storey, fully finished bsmt, media room, 3,039 sq.
ft. Avail Dec 1/05 til June 1/06 $2000/month. Call
Janet Fraser 441-6441 Gordon W.R. King & Assoc.
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ASPEN GARDENS - Exceptional Updated
Bungalow, 3 bedroom, furnished, excellent, 4
month housing option, $1,450/month Available
Jan 2/06 til April 30/06. Hardwood floors, fireplace,
close to bus. Call Michael Jenner 441-6441 Gordon
W.R. King & Assoc. Real Estate Corp.
GREENVIEW FURN SABBATICAL HOME with 3
bedrooms on main and fully finished basement
with artist's studio. Two full baths. Cul-de-sac.
Location peaceful and beautiful backyard. Call
Janet Fraser 441-6441. Available Jan 1/06.
CLARIDGE HOUSE - 2 Bedroom Condo, 2 Full
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wood floors, finished basement $1,200/mo Immed.
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PROPERTIES ON WHYTE - Classy executive
condo on two levels, steps from University of
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appointed throughout, 2 bedrooms and den, for-
mal living and dining room, designer kitchen, 2
balconies, 2,400 sq. ft. Call Janet Fraser 441-6441
Gordon W.R. King and Associates Real Estate Corp.
WALK TO UNIVERSITY SABBATICAL HOME,
furnished, 2,000+ sq. ft., custom built, quiet street
January - December, 2006 (780) 492-5002, marty.
luckert@ualberta.ca.
FURNISHED SABBATICAL HOUSE 4 bed-
rooms, available Jan 1st, $1,100/month + utilities.
Southgate/Heritage area convenient bus to U of A.
peter.a.smith@ualberta.ca.
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YELLOWBIRD (103 Street and 21 Ave) clean
4 bedroom 4 level split house with 3 bathrooms
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ACCOMMODATIONS FOR SALE
RIVERBEND - Bulyea Heights “Volga” built.
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as hook-up is there as well. Call to view. Janet
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UNIVERSITY HIGH-RISE CONDO CLARIDGE
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Centre. 438-7000 940-6485.
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THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA
UNITED WAY 2005 CAMPAIGN FINAL REPORT
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To our United Way Committee members, all our staff,
students, retirees and on-campus businesses as well as
to all the prize donors and sponsors.
The 2005 United Way Campaign was the most
successful in the history of the University of Alberta’s association
with the United Way of the Alberta Capital Region.
GOAL: $500,000 TOTAL: $542,264
GOAL: 1,200 TOTAL: 1042
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Our winner of the Marketing 320 Raffle of the Bookstore
Certificate and Computer Package
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Our winner of the quilt made by Betty Anne Jansen
r. Thomas Feasby,
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our Final Prize winner of the Air ticket to Victoria,
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3M TEACHING FELLOWSHIPS 2006 - CALL FOR
NOMINATIONS
The 3M Teaching Fellowships Award is a
joint project of 3M Canada Inc. and the Society
for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
(STLHE), initiated in 1986 by STLHE. Up to 10
awards are given annually. The University of Alberta
has 24 3M Teaching Fellows. The 3M Teaching
Fellowships represent Canada’s only national
award for university educators. Any individual
teaching at a Canadian university (regardless of
discipline or level of appointment) is eligible. An
all expense paid three-day (Nov. 4-6, 2006) retreat
at the Fairmont Le Chateau Montebello is a main
component of the award. Nomination information
is available at www.mcmaster.ca/3Mteachingf
ellowships. E-mail enquiries should be directed
to Arshad Ahmad, or (514) 848-2424 ext. 2928
or 2793. Assistance is also available from Bente
Roed, Academic Awards and Ceremonies, B19
Administration Building, 492-2644. The nomination
package must be received at Bente Roed’s office by
noon, Feb. 15, 2006 to meet the external deadline
of March 3, 2006. B19 Administration Building.
ALAN BLIZZARD AWARD 2006 - CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
The Alan Blizzard Award, which has a deadline
of Jan. 13, 2006, was developed by the Society for
Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE)
to stimulate and reward collaboration in teaching
and to encourage and disseminate the scholarship
of teaching. The award is given to collaborative
projects that increase the effectiveness of student
learning. The first award was given in 2000, teams
from the University of Alberta received the award
in 2000 and 2003. The application form is available
at www.mcmaster.ca/stlhe/awards.alan.blizzard.
htm. E-mail enquiries should be directed to Aline
Germain-Rutherford, or (613) 562-5333. Assistance
is also available from Bente Roed, Academic Awards
and Ceremonies, B19 Administration Building,
492-2644.
CALL FOR PROPOSALS, 2006 ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE
CANADIAN SOCIETY FOR BIOENGINEERING
Call for presentations and papers for the
2006 Annual Conference of the Canadian Society
for Bioengineering, on July 16-19th, 2006, in
Edmonton, Alberta. The theme of the confer-
ence is “Seeing | to | - Integrity and Integration in
Bioengineering.” Submit your proposal related
to bioengineering in: food and bio-products;
agricultural production; machinery systems; soil,
water, and air; building systems; animal welfare;
information technology; waste management and
bio-residuals; renewable energy and biofuels;
emerging technologies and issues. Submit your
proposal by March 15th, 2006. Fantasyland Hotel
and Conference Centre, West Edmonton Mall,
Edmonton, AB. http://www.bioeng.ca/Events/
Edm2006/index.htm.
EFF - UNIVERSITY TEACHING RESEARCH FUND
APPLICATION DEADLINE
The deadline for receipt of applications to the
EFF - University Teaching Research Fund is Feb.15.
This fund was established to support research on
teaching-learning. The intended outcome is to
enhance the quality of teaching and learning for
students.
Application forms are available from the Office
of the Vice-Provost, 2-10 University Hall, phone:
2-1503; or from our website: http://www.uofaweb.
ualberta.ca/provost/AwardsFunding.cfm
AWARDS FOR TEACHING EXCELLENCE
The GFC University Teaching Awards
Committee (UTAC) announces to the University
community that nominations are now being sought
for the annual Rutherford Award for Excellence in
Undergraduate Teaching, WH Alexander Award for
Excellence in Sessional Teaching and the Teaching
Unit Award. The purpose of these awards is to rec-
ognize excellent teaching, to publicize such excel-
lence to the University and the wider community,
to encourage the pursuit of excellence in teaching,
and to promote informed discussion of teaching
and its improvement at the University of Alberta.
Nominations are made by Faculties that teach
undergraduate students, and information about
the nomination procedures and adjudication crite-
ria has been sent to those Faculties. Nominations
should be made through a Faculty committee
and submitted by the Faculty to the Secretary of
GFC UTAC, 2-5 University Hall. Anyone needing
assistance and advice in preparing nominations
should contact Ms. Bente Roed, Teaching Awards
Facilitiator, Office of the Registrar and Student
Awards, B19B Administration Building (492-2644).
The deadline for receipt of award nominations is
Friday, Feb. 24, 2006 at 4:30 p.m.. Please note that,
in most cases, individual Faculties have established
earlier deadlines to allow for internal adjudication
procedures. 2-5 University Hall. https://www.con-
man.ualberta.ca/stellent/groups/public/@academ-
ic/documents/policy/pp_cmp_060320.hcsp .
2006-2007 KILLAM ANNUAL PROFESSORSHIPS
Applications for the 2006-2007 Killam Annual
Professorships are now available. All regular, con-
tinuing, full-time academic faculty members who
are not on leave during 2006-2007 are eligible
to apply. Deans, Department Chairs and other
senior university administrators with personnel
responsibilities shall not normally be eligible for
Killam Annual Professorships. Associate Deans and
Associate Department Chairs are eligible providing
they do not have personnel responsibilities. Up to
eight Killam Annual Professors will be selected by a
subcommittee of the Killam Trusts Committee; no
more than two Professorships shall be awarded to
staff members in any one Faculty in any given year.
Each Killam Annual Professor shall be presented
with a $3500 prize and a commemorative plaque.
The duties of Killam Annual Professors shall not be
changed from those that they regularly perform as
academic staff members.
The primary criterion for selection shall be a
record of outstanding scholarship and teaching
over three or more years as evidenced by any or all
of research publications, creative activities, present-
ed papers, supervision of graduate students, and
courses taught. The secondary criterion shall be
substantial contributions to the community outside
the university, above and beyond what is usually
expected of a professor, as evidenced by commu-
nity involvement directly linked to the applicant's
university responsibilities and activities.
Awards are tenable for twelve months com-
mencing 1 July 2005. The completed application
must be received at the Office of the Vice-President
(Research), 3-7 University Hall, by 4:30 p.m., Friday
Feb.24 2006. The awardees shall be announced by
early May, and they will be formally recognized at
the Killam Luncheon in October 2006.
Applications and further details are available
on the home page of the Vice-President (Research)
at: http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/vpresearch/
Please contact Annette Kujda, Administrative
Officer, Office of the Vice-President (Research) at
492-8342 or annette.kujda@ualberta.ca with any
questions.
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The records arising from this competition will be managed in accordance with provisions of the Alberta Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIPP). The University of Alberta hires on the basis of merit. We are com-
mitted to the principle of equity of employment. We welcome diversity and encourage applications from all qualified women and men, including persons with disabilities, members of visible minorities, and Aboriginal persons. With regard
to teaching positions: All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. For complete U of A job listings visit www.hrs.ualberta.ca .
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR,
PHILOSOPHY
(CONTRACT POSITION)
ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE
St. Joseph’s College, the Roman Catholic
undergraduate college at the University of Alberta,
invites applications for a 60% 5-year contractually
limited academic position at the Assistant Professor
level to teach Philosophy courses for first-year
BA students offered as part of Academia, a new
pilot program with the Faculty of Arts to begin
September 2006, as well as other Philosophy cours-
es offered by St. Joseph's College. The teaching
load is 3 half-year courses, with the possibility of
Spring or Summer teaching for additional remuner-
ation. Further information concerning Academia
may be obtained at our website: www.ualberta.
ca/~stjoseph. Applicants should have a completed
doctorate in Philosophy (ABDs may be considered
at the Lecturer rank), teaching experience and
excellent communication skills, a commitment to
undergraduate education in the Catholic tradition,
and a publication record/potential for research.
Appointment date is July 1, 2006. This position
may be converted to tenure stream at a later date,
subject to budgetary approval. Salary is $30,000.
Applicants should submit a letter of application
indicating their interest in and qualifications for this
position, cv, other supporting documents (teaching
dossier, publications, etc.), and arrange for 3 con-
fidential letters of reference to be received by Feb.
13th, 2006 to: Dr. T.F. Hartnagel, Dean, St. Joseph's
College, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G
255. All qualified candidates are encouraged to
apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent
residents will be given priority.
CLINICAL TRACK TEACHING
APPOINTMENTS
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL THERAPY
FACULTY OF REHABILITATION MEDICINE
UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA
Applications are invited for several full time
clinical track positions in the Department of
Physical Therapy at the University of Alberta.
Preference will be given to qualified applicants
who have an interest in teaching in one or more of
the following areas: respiratory, musculoskeletal or
neurological physical therapy.
As a department in the Faculty of
Rehabilitation Medicine, Physical Therapy offers
an innovative course based M.Sc.PT program that
integrates strong clinical and evidence based prac-
tice skills. The department also participates fully in
the interdisciplinary M.Sc. and PhD. programs in
Rehabilitation Science. The Department currently
consists of sixteen full time faculty members.
Applicants must be eligible for licensure with
the College of Physical Therapists of Alberta and
possess a minimum of a Master's degree (Ph.D
or equivalent doctoral degree preferred). These
positions will support graduate level teaching
and therefore indicators of course development
and teaching proficiency are required. The initial
appointment is at the Assistant Professor level
and salary will be commensurate with experience.
These teaching appointments may include an
affiliation with a clinical facility. For details about
the positions or the Department contact Dr. R.G.
Haennel (Chair) at Bob.Haennel@ualberta.ca or Tel
(780) 492-2889. Website: http://www.uofaweb.ual-
berta.ca/rehabmed/PhysicalTherapy.cfm
Applications will be accepted until the posi-
tions are filled. The positions are available as soon
as suitable candidates are found. Qualified appli-
cants should send their curriculum vitae, a state-
ment of teaching interests and the names of three
(3) references to:
Dr. A. Cook, Dean
Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine
3-48 Corbett Hall, University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2G4
Phone: 780-492-5991 Fax: (780) 492-1626
e-mail: Al.Cook@ualberta.ca
TENURE TRACK
FACULTY POSITIONS
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL THERAPY
FACULTY OF REHABILITATION MEDICINE
UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA
Applications are invited for two tenure track
positions in the Department of Physical Therapy at
the University of Alberta. For one position prefer-
ence will be given to qualified applicants who have
an interest in Aging. The second position is open to
all areas of research related to physical therapy.
As a department in the Faculty of
Rehabilitation Medicine, Physical Therapy offers
an innovative course based M.Sc.PT program that
integrates strong clinical and evidence based
practice skills. The department also participates
fully in the interdisciplinary M.Sc. and PhD. pro-
grams in Rehabilitation Science. The Department
currently consists of sixteen full time faculty mem-
bers. Within the Faculty there are interdisciplinary
research groups focused on common spinal disor-
ders, movement disorders and rehabilitation, child
development and aging. Opportunities for research
collaboration are also available on campus with the
Alberta Centre on Aging, the University Centre for
Neuroscience, the Institute of Health Economics,
the Alberta Heart Institute, the Alberta Provincial
CIHR Training Program in Bone and Joint Health,
the Centre for Health Promotion Studies, the
Community University Partnership for the Study
of Children Youth and Families and the Health
Care Quality Outcomes Research Centre. Close
working relationships also exist with the Glenrose
Rehabilitation Hospital and other community-
based physical therapy programs.
Qualified candidates will possess a doctoral
degree in health sciences, social sciences or related
disciplines; have a strong research background
and the potential to establish an independent
research program. For both positions a back-
ground in physical therapy is preferred. Evidence
of successful grant applications will be advanta-
geous. Responsibilities will include teaching at
the graduate level and maintaining an active
research program. For details about the posi-
tions or the Department contact Dr. R.G. Haennel
(Chair) at Bob.Haennel@ualberta.ca or Tel (780)
492-2889. Website: http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.
ca/rehabmed/PhysicalTherapy.cfm
Rank and salary will be commensurate with
qualifications at the Assistant Professor level.
Applications will be accepted until the positions are
filled. The positions are available as soon as suitable
candidates are found. Interested applicants should
send curriculum vitae and a statement of teaching
and research interests and the names of three (3)
references to:
Dr. Albert Cook, Dean
Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine
3-48 Corbett Hall, University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G4
Phone: 403-492-5991/ Fax: 403-492-1626
Email: Al.Cook@ualberta.ca
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By Richard Cairney
t’s been proven time and again in any
number of artistic ventures: where there
seems to be nothing, look more closely and
you'll find beauty beyond compare. Such
is the case with an entire province, our
much-maligned and misspelled neighbour,
Saskatchewan.
Anyone who has made the drive from
Edmonton to Regina, from capital city to
capital city, knows of the crushing bore-
dom and the various physical aches that
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can set in.
But talking about a place and driving
through it are not the same as really look-
ing at it and experiencing a landscape.
Says Saskatchewan writer Sharon Butala:
“Is there any place in the country so sub-
ject to comfortably-believed, derogatory
myths about its lack of beauty, its flatness,
its general hickness, and its dullness as
Saskatchewan? Not in my experience .. .”
Butala’s is one of four essays that
accompany 61 stunning images in pho-
tographer John Conway’s new book,
Saskatchewan Uncommon Views, published
by the University of Alberta Press.
With photographs taken over a period
of 12 years, Conway presents us with
images we might not look at twice if we
were to drive past them. Conway slows us
down, grounds us, and pulls back the cur-
tain to show us landscapes with character
and personality of place. @
CONQUEST
Top: Salt flats at Pamela Wallin walk (named for the
Canadian broadcaster, who was born and raised in
the Quill Lakes area) follow a wet-dry cycle, as do
many marshes and sloughs. Top inset: The defunct
Beaver Flat Store, near Beaver Flat. Middle row, left
- right: old licence plates adorn a power pole in the
rural municipality of Big Stick; the sky, airplane and
terrain seem to go on forever, near Conquest: An old
bicycle frame adds a little mystery to the landscape
near Lost River. Below: Shirl has done upholstery
work out of her mobile home, near Domremy,
for 25 years.
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